Recovery from catastrophic disaster presents challenges in terms of the rebuilding of infrastructure, homes, and businesses, but it also presents opportunities to redevelop large tracts of land cleared by wind and flood or cleared as homes and businesses are moved away from hazardous areas. It...

This article focuses on the economic development impacts of natural, as opposed to economic, disasters and ultimately argues that many of the approaches and responses to sudden natural disasters might be effectively applied to areas experiencing more chronic economic decay. An evaluation of...

This study focuses on understanding the role of the retail facilities in post-disaster coping and recovery. A conceptual model integrates Social Cognitive Theory and the Conservation of Resources framework and tests relationships among perceived changes in retail facilities, financial...

This paper examines the decision of Hurricane Katrina evacuees to return to their pre- Katrina areas and documents how the composition of the Katrina-affected region changed over time. Using data from the Current Population Survey, we show that an evacuee’s age and the severity of damage in an...

In this paper, we draw on multi-level census data, in-depth interviews, ethnographic and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) methods to examine the effects of median household income, ethnoracial diversity, and flood damage on rates of post-Katrina repopulation in New Orleans. Our main...