Using building permits to monitor disaster recovery: A spatio-temporal case study of coastal Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-68

  Stevenson, Joanne R ^a   Emrich, Christopher T ^a   Mitchell, Jerry T ^a   Cutter, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Building permits; Disaster recovery; Gulf coast; Hurricane Katrina; Rebuilding; Satscan

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BUILDING PERMITS; DISASTER RECOVERY; GULF COAST; HURRICANE KATRINA; LONG-TERM RECOVERY; MISSISSIPPI; RECOVERY PROCESS; SPATIAL SCAN STATISTICS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME CLUSTERS;

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HURRICANES; LANDFORMS; SECURITY OF DATA;

RECOVERY;

BUILDING CODE; COASTAL ZONE; DAMAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; RECOVERY; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950441236     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304010790588052     Document Type: Article

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