Citation

Lindell MK, Prater CS. Nat. Hazards Rev. 2003; 4(4): 176-185.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Society of Civil Engineers)

DOI

10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2003)4:4(176)

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Research on the community impacts of natural disasters has yielded a wide variety of findings, but no coherent model of the process by which hazard agent characteristics produce physical and social impacts. This article summarizes the principal features of this process and describes the ways in which hazard mitigation and emergency preparedness practices can limit the physical impacts and the ways in which community recovery resources and extra-community assistance can reduce social impacts.