Social Networks and Displacement After Hurricane Katrina

社交网络和卡特里娜飓风后的流离失所这一混合方法的研究重点是卡特里娜飓风的受害者谁住在新奥尔良地区之前的风暴，但流离失所到巴吞鲁日，路易斯安那州。 我们将对随机抽样的500名流离失所者进行电话采访，并对200名流离失所者进行录像民族志。 这些访谈将重点关注社交网络在他们对风暴的即时反应（包括疏散和避难决策）中发挥的作用，他们激活网络联系以获得社会支持和工具资源的能力，以及他们是否返回新奥尔良的决定。 该研究的学术价值在于促进我们对以下问题的理解：（1）通过网络分配社会资源及其对经济和非经济结果（健康，找工作，住房和学校）的影响;（2）网络中断和转型的未充分研究主题。 该研究的更广泛影响包括：（1）对流离失所者如何受到卡特里娜飓风的影响以及社会资源如何影响他们的恢复能力进行早期评估，这将为（2）改进旨在灾害准备，疏散，避难和恢复的规划，政策和救济工作提供基础。

Social Networks and Displacement after Hurricane KatrinaThis mixed-method study focuses on victims of Hurricane Katrina who lived in the New Orleans area prior to the storm but were displaced to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We will conduct telephone interviews with a random sample of 500 displaced persons and video ethnographies with 200 displaced informants. These interviews will focus on the role that social networks played in their immediate response to the storm (including evacuation and sheltering decisions), their ability to activate network ties to garner both social support and instrumental resources in response and recovery, and their decision of whether to return to New Orleans. The intellectual merit of the study lies in advancing our understanding of (1) the allocation of social resources through networks and their impacts on economic and non-economic outcomes (health, finding jobs, housing, and schools) and (2) the understudied topic of network disruption and transformation. The broader impacts of the study include (1) producing an early assessment of how displaced persons have been affected by Hurricane Katrina and how social resources affect their ability to recover, which will provide a foundation for (2) improving planning, policy, and relief efforts aimed at disaster preparation, evacuation, sheltering, and recovery.