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Building Community Resiliency: Spatial Links between Household and Business Post-disaster Return

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  • Yu Xiao
  • Shannon Van Zandt

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Rapidly urbanising areas along the world’s coasts are exposing greater numbers of households to more frequent and severe natural and man-made disasters. Knowledge gained from disaster situations can provide insight into larger urban forces and play a role in developing and prescribing policies that influence the creation of more resilient communities. This article explores the interdependency of households and businesses in post-disaster return following 2008’s Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas. Geocoded data from 980 households and 145 businesses collected in the months after the storm allow the spatial correlation of the household occupancy and business operation, controlling for damage. Findings suggest that the return of households and businesses are mutually dependent across space. The re-opening of businesses can influence nearby households’ decisions to return to their homes and the return of households in the market area will increase the chances for businesses to return.

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  • Yu Xiao & Shannon Van Zandt, 2012. "Building Community Resiliency: Spatial Links between Household and Business Post-disaster Return," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 49(11), pages 2523-2542, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:49:y:2012:i:11:p:2523-2542
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098011428178
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    1. Lex Drennan & Jim McGowan & Anne Tiernan, 2016. "Integrating Recovery within a Resilience Framework: Empirical Insights and Policy Implications from Regional Australia," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 4(4), pages 74-86.

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