Crime in Urban post-disaster environments: A methodological framework from New Orleans

Urban Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 488-510

  Curtis, Andrew ^a   Mills, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; crime; GIS; Hurricane Katrina; video

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957855837     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.32.4.488     Document Type: Article

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