(Un) natural disaster: vulnerability, long-distance displacement, and the extended geography of neighborhood distress and attainment after Katrina

The study investigates a sample of vulnerable families displaced by Katrina, seven hundred low-income, mostly minority mothers in community college in New Orleans before Katrina were tracked across the country a year and a half later, compared to their neighborhoods before Katrina and the neighborhoods of those who returned or stayed behind.

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Graif, Corina
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Graif, C.  2016. (Un)natural disaster: vulnerability, long-distance displacement, and the extended geography of neighborhood distress and attainment after Katrina. Population and Environment 37(3): 288-318.

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Journal Article
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2016
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