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项混合方法研究的重点是卡特里娜飓风的受害者，他们在风暴之前住在新奥尔良地区，但被转移到路易斯安那州的巴吞鲁日。我们将随机对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。这些访谈将集中在社交网络在他们对风暴的即时反应中所起的作用（包括疏散和庇护决定），他们激活网络联系以获得社会支持和响应和恢复中的工具资源的能力，以及他们是否返回新奥尔良的决定。这项研究的智力价值在于促进我们对以下方面的理解：(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)网络中断和转型这一尚未得到充分研究的主题。该研究的更广泛影响包括：(1)对卡特里娜飓风对流离失所者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)改进旨在备灾、疏散、庇护和恢复的规划、政策和救援工作提供基础。

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.