| Displaced New Orleans Residents in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Results from a Pilot Survey. | |
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PMID: 20361011 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This article introduces us to the complexities of conducting social scientific research in a major urban disaster zone and reports on results from the most systematic survey at the time aimed at tracking the whereabouts of pre-Katrina residents during the first year of recovery, the Displaced New Orleans Residents Pilot Survey. This survey drew an area-probability sample of pre-Katrina residents and set out to interview them approximately twelve months after the storm, when educated guesses placed the New Orleans's city population at roughly half its pre-Katrina total. Results confirm that early returnees tended to be disproportionately white, elderly, better educated, and far less likely to have homes rendered uninhabitable by the disaster. These patterns begin to show how demographic processes triggered by the disaster exacerbated existing inequalities in the region, allowing more advantaged residents to return while leaving less advantaged residents dispersed across numerous destinations. |
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Narayan Sastry |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Organization & environment Volume: 22 ISSN: 1552-7417 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2009 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-8-6 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101514032 Medline TA: Organ Environ Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 395-409 Citation Subset: - |
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University of Michigan and RAND Corporation. |
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R21 HD057608-01//NICHD NIH HHS; R21 HD057608-01//NICHD NIH HHS |
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