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The research reported in this volume was designed to provide
estimates of the extent of damages and injuries from certain natu
ral hazards inflicted on households in the United States. In addi
tion, it reports on sources of aid proffered to households and the
extent to which there are differences among households in the
receipt of help. This volume represents the latest installment in a
series of monographs stemming from the Social and Demographic Re
search Institute's (SADRI) program of research on the effects of
natural hazard events in the United States. The first volume in our
series (Wright, Rossi, Wright, & Weber-Burdin, 1979) reported
on the long-range effects of natural hazards on the population and
housing stocks of neighborhoods and communities. The second volume
(Rossi et aI., 1982) assessed the support for hazard mitiga tion
policies existing among local and state political elites in a
sample of states and local communities in the United States. The
main findings of these two monographs can be summarized as follows.
First, long-range effects (up to 10 years postevent) of nat ural
hazard events are minimal: Local communities and neighbor hoods
that have been impacted by floods, tornadoes, or hurricanes appear
to be no different in their population and housing growth patterns
over the period 1960 to 1970 than comparable commu nities that went
unscathed. Apparently, household and communi ty resources plus
outside aid were sufficient ordinarily to restore impacted areas to
normal growth patterns."
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