Small-business demise and recovery after Katrina: Rate of survival and demise

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2353-2374

  Schrank, Holly L ^a   Marshall, Maria I ^a   Hall Phillips, Adrienne ^b   Wiatt, Renee F ^a   Jones, Nicole E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demise rate; Hurricane Katrina; Natural disaster; Record linkage; Small business; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; RECOVERY PLAN; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 84871929517     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0480-2     Document Type: Article

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