Post-Disaster Sheltering and Housing of Hispanics, The Elderly, and the Homeless

这个项目的重点是教训， 从1989年10月17日的洛马普列塔 地震 该项目将是一个纵向， 庇护和安全的比较案例研究 地震后的房屋。 它将具体解决 住房/住房需求和低收入者的问题， 与非西班牙裔相比， 社区 该方法将基于深入的 与地方、州和联邦的面谈 官员和西班牙裔社区内 组织的 灾后各阶段 将研究庇护所和住房问题。 的 研究中心将是沃森维尔和圣诞老人 克鲁兹，加州。

This project focuses on lessons that can be learned from the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. The project will be a longitudinal, comparative case study of sheltering and housing in the aftermath of the earthquake. It will specifically address the sheltering/housing needs and problems of low- income Hispanics as compared to a non-Hispanic community. The methodology will be based on in-depth interviews with local, state, and federal officials and within Hispanic community organizations. All phases of post-disaster sheltering and housing will be studied. The study sites will be Watsonville and Santa Cruz, California.