Rebuild or Relocate? Resilience and Postdisaster Decision-Making After Hurricane Sandy

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 180-196

  Binder, Sherri Brokopp ^a   Baker, Charlene K ^a   Barile, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Community resilience; Disaster recovery; Home buyout; Hurricane Sandy; Postdisaster relocation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYCLONIC STORMS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937972199     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-015-9727-x     Document Type: Article

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