Neighborhood Structure, Social Capital, and Community Resilience: Longitudinal Evidence from the 2011 Brisbane Flood Disaster

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 330-353

  Wickes, Rebecca ^a   Zahnow, Renee ^a   Taylor, Melanie ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 84929655616     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12144     Document Type: Article

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