Love Canal: the social construction of disaster.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 01/10/82Description: 144p; 31 refsReport number: CONTRACT-EMW-1-4048; FEMA-RR-1Subject: Behavioral response to disaster has typically been studied with reference to the effects of discernible, measurable cataclysm in the natural world. This study of toxic waste disaster at Love Canal as a behavioral phenomenon is intended to fill a gap in scientific understanding of individual and family response to the uncertainty and ambiguity of slowly developing events. The study is introduced with a brief history of the Love Canal community and background to the toxic waste emergency compiled from organizational, agency and newspaper sources. Data were obtained from 63 in-depth interviews with a primarily random sample of homeowners both relocated from and remaining in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York. The sources of ambiguity pertaining to the extent and seriousness of chemical migration at Love Canal are discussed and their contributions to widespread resident distrust of official response are assessed. Resident perceptions are the basis for a series of recommendations concerning the management of similar events in the future .550.
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Behavioral response to disaster has typically been studied with reference to the effects of discernible, measurable cataclysm in the natural world. This study of toxic waste disaster at Love Canal as a behavioral phenomenon is intended to fill a gap in scientific understanding of individual and family response to the uncertainty and ambiguity of slowly developing events. The study is introduced with a brief history of the Love Canal community and background to the toxic waste emergency compiled from organizational, agency and newspaper sources. Data were obtained from 63 in-depth interviews with a primarily random sample of homeowners both relocated from and remaining in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York. The sources of ambiguity pertaining to the extent and seriousness of chemical migration at Love Canal are discussed and their contributions to widespread resident distrust of official response are assessed. Resident perceptions are the basis for a series of recommendations concerning the management of similar events in the future .550.
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