Business closure and relocation: A comparative analysis of the Loma Prieta earthquake and Hurricane Andrew

Disasters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-129

  Wasileski, Gabriela ^a   Rodríguez, Havidán ^b   Diaz, Walter ^c  

^a Disaster Research Center (DRC)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Business closure and relocation; Disasters; Economic impacts; Hurricane Andrew; Loma Prieta earthquake

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CLOSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; HURRICANE ANDREW 1992; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; MITIGATION; RELOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMERCE; CYCLONIC STORMS; EARTHQUAKES; HOUSING; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650092420     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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