Predictors of Business Return in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Lam, Nina S N ^a   Arenas, Helbert ^a   Pace, Kelley ^a   LeSage, James ^b   Campanella, Richard ^b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HURRICANE; PLANNING; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; COMMERCE; CYCLONIC STORMS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ORLEANS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868112708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047935     Document Type: Article

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