The role of the aged in community recovery following Hurricane Andrew.

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Guillette, Elizabeth A

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University of Colorado, Boulder. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center

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TextLanguage: ENG Series: Quick response research report ; 56Publication details: 1993Description: 5 pSubject: The evaluation of community response to disaster recovery tends to focus on the group as a whole. Social, political and economic factors are delineated as the resource variables in recovery. This research varies, in that life cycle placement becomes the unit of analysis. The individuals under study are a small group of community residents that refused to relocate following devastation of their community by Hurricane Andrew on August 24, 1992. This emergent group provided the leadership in community recovery

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The evaluation of community response to disaster recovery tends to focus on the group as a whole. Social, political and economic factors are delineated as the resource variables in recovery. This research varies, in that life cycle placement becomes the unit of analysis. The individuals under study are a small group of community residents that refused to relocate following devastation of their community by Hurricane Andrew on August 24, 1992. This emergent group provided the leadership in community recovery

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