Household and Community Recovery Following the Whittier Narrows Earthquake

这项研究旨在对1987年10月南加州地震后社区和家庭恢复所涉及的社会过程提供一个详细的案例研究。这项研究在设计上是纵向的，将在影响后20个月和30个月的两个时间点获得数据。此外，将在项目期间持续监测重建问题和行动。该项目有5个主要目标：(L)描述和分析社区和家庭的恢复过程。(2)分析参与重建进程的机构和组织之间的相互关系。(3)通过对严重受损家庭的纵向调查，包括援助和保险使用情况，审查家庭一级的恢复问题和行动。(4)从促进恢复和缓解计划所涉及的政治进程的角度描述和分析惠蒂尔的重建进程，特别注重利益集团和新兴组织。(5)根据项目的调查结果提供一套政策建议，并以专著形式总结所有关于惠蒂埃地震的最新研究。数据将通过对家庭的详细调查、对机构人员、政治领导人、公民团体和其他社区有影响力的人的采访来收集。采访数据将由报告、记录和其他文件材料补充。

This research is intended to provide a detailed case study of the social processes involved in community and household recovery from the October 1987 earthquake in Southern California. The research is longitudinal in design and will obtain data at two points, 20 and 30 months post- impact. In addition reconstruction issues and actions will be monitored continuously for the duration of the project. The project has 5 major objectives: (l) To provide a description and analysis of the recovery process for both community and households. (2) To analyze the interrelationships among agencies and organizations involved in the reconstruction process. (3) To examine recovery issues and actions at the household level through a longitudinal survey of heavily damaged households, including aid and insurance utilization. (4) To describe and analyze the reconstruction process in Whittier in terms of political processes involved in promoting recovery and mitigation plans, with a particular focus on interest groups and emergent organizations. (5) To provide a set of policy recommendations based on the project's findings and to summarize in a monograph all recent research on the Whittier earthquake. Data will be gathered using detailed surveys of households, interviews with agency personnel, political leaders, citizens groups and other community influentials. Interview data will be supplemented with reports, records and other documentary materials.