Significance of Secondary Infrastructure for Shelter Management in the Aftermath of Hurricane Michael | NLM

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Significance of Secondary Infrastructure for Shelter Management in the Aftermath of Hurricane Michael

01/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Natural Hazards Center [University of Colorado at Boulder]. Published: 2019. Using focus groups of emergency agencies and documents (e.g., daily situation reports) as the major data collection method, this study describes secondary and primary infrastructure available for long-term shelter operations in Bay County, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in 2018. It illuminates the emerging relationship between shelters and primary and secondary infrastructure during hurricane recovery, and concludes that those relationships may be utilized to support operation of shelters and overall community recovery. (Text)