Creating an empirically derived community resilience index of the Gulf of Mexico region
As coastal areas increase in populations there is an increasing need to determine what community characteristics are most resilient to coastal disasters. This research proposes two methods to quantify community resilience. The factor analysis method results in a weighted additive index model of six...
Main Author: | Baker, Ariele Nicole |
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Other Authors: | Nina Lam |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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LSU
2009
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Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06072009-175525/ |
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