The Mississauga train derailment and evacuation, 10-16 November 1979.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1981Description: 11p., 7 figs, 18 refsSubject: The size, success, and implications of the Mississauga evacuation prompted this study, which seeks to describe the institutional responses to the accident and residents' responses to leaving their homes. The aims are, first, to identify some of the reasons for the success of the evacuation, particularly those elements of success which relate to social rather than institutional factors, and, second, to provide empirical data on the evacuation which can be compared with information gathered in parallel evacuation studies.
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Reprinted from Canadian Geographer; 1981; Vol 25 No 4; pp365-375
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The size, success, and implications of the Mississauga evacuation prompted this study, which seeks to describe the institutional responses to the accident and residents' responses to leaving their homes. The aims are, first, to identify some of the reasons for the success of the evacuation, particularly those elements of success which relate to social rather than institutional factors, and, second, to provide empirical data on the evacuation which can be compared with information gathered in parallel evacuation studies.
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