SGER: The Social Fabric Under Stress. Baton Rouge's Explosive Growth after Hurricane Katrina

压力下的社会结构。卡特里娜飓风和丽塔飓风使数十万人流离失所，其中许多人被疏散到附近的城市和社区。巴吞鲁日接收的撤离人员相对于其人口规模来说可能是最大的；根据一些估计，在大约40万的人口基础上增加了多达25万人，其中相当多的人预计将长期或永久留在那里。这项研究调查了这些涌入给巴吞鲁日的社会结构带来的压力。然后，它建立在以前的年度社区调查的基础上，并开发了一个面板样本，该样本始于飓风之前的春季，并将在事件发生后的一年中继续进行另外三次浪潮。该研究的重点是社会资本、社区参与、联系和信任对一系列结果的影响，包括对当局的信任或指责、公共政策偏好、对犯罪的恐惧、压力感和/或乐观情绪、对撤离者的态度，以及群体间关系，尤其是种族关系。考虑到事件的规模，pi期望测量到其他情况下难以检测到的影响。该研究解决了社会学、政治学和犯罪学的核心问题。研究人员还向当地政府和公民、宗教、救济和经济组织提供研究结果，供他们决策时使用。这项活动建立在与这些领导人的持续关系的基础上：市长在过去四年中参加了ppi的简报会，ppi为领导人和社区团体提供了大量的简报、情况说明书和政策简报。

The Social Fabric Under Stress. Baton Rouge's Explosive Growth after Hurricane KatrinaFrederick Weil, Edward Shihadeh, Matthew Lee, Louisiana State UniversityAbstractHurricanes Katrina and Rita displaced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, and many of them evacuated to nearby cities and communities. Baton Rouge received perhaps the largest share of evacuees relative to its population size; as many as a quarter million added to a population base of about 400,000, according to some estimates and a substantial number of them are expected to remain long-term or permanently. This study investigates the strains on Baton Rouge's social fabric posed by this influx. It then builds on previous annual community surveys, and develops a panel sample that began the spring before the hurricanes and will continue for three additional waves over the course of the year following the event. The study focuses on the impact that social capital, community involvement, connections, and trust, has on a range of outcomes, including trust or blame of authorities, public policy preferences, fear of crime, feelings of stress and/or optimism, attitudes toward the evacuees, and intergroup relations, especially race relations. Given the magnitude of the event, the PIs expect to measure effects that are otherwise difficult to detect. The study addresses central concerns of sociology, political science, and criminology. The researchers also provide local government and civic, religious, relief, and economic organizations with findings they can use in their decision-making. This activity builds on on-going relationships with these leaders: the mayor has attended the PIs' briefings for the last four years, and the PIs have provided leaders and community groups with numerous briefings, fact sheets, and policy briefs.