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- Title
- Household and Community Recovery After Earthquakes. Program on Environment and Behavior.
- File
- PB2000101627.pdf
- Author(s)
- Bolin, R.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1994, 122 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- ISBN-1-877943-11-8
- Abstract
- The research presented here is the result of three years of research funded by the National Science Foundation in the aftermath of the Whittier Narrows Earthquake (October 1, 1987). This project focuses on the community of Whittier, California, which lies east of Los Angeles and is situated near the epicenter of the 1987 earthquake. This report focuses on household and community recovery in Whittier and examines factors and issues that affected recovery processes after the earthquake. This study utilizes a longitudinal research design and present the findings of two data-collection periods approximately one year apart, beginning two years after the earthquake leveled downtown Whitter. The major focus of this research is on individual and household (family) responses to earthquakes. Research findings are also presented on the dynamics of community reconstruction and issues that emerged in Whittier over the course of the research. The primary goal in documenting community reconstruction is to identify and discuss the various issues that have affected recovery processes in Whittier.
- Keywords
- Emergency response; Ethnic groups; Whittier Narrows Earthquake; Families; Earthquake damage; Community planning; Recovery; Social effect; Economic impact; Households; Disaster relief; Local planning; Social psychology; Human behavior; Local government; Southern region (California); Communities; Earthquakes