Open AccessA Rapid Needs Assessment of the Rockaway Peninsula in New York City After Hurricane Sandy and the Relationship of Socioeconomic Status to Recovery
Author(s) -
Saleena Subaiya,
Cyrus Moussavi,
Anthony Velasquez,
Joshua Stillman
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301668
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , environmental health , socioeconomics , confidence interval , cluster sampling , natural disaster , geography , medicine , economics , population , meteorology
We conducted a rapid needs assessment in the Rockaway Peninsula-one of the areas of New York City most severely affected by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012-to assess basic needs and evaluate for an association between socioeconomic status (SES) and storm recovery.