Flooded homes, broken bonds, the meaning of home, psychological processes and their impact on psychological health in a disaster

Gender, place and mental health recovery in disasters: Addressing issues of equality and difference

“…Similarly, given the literature review (Norris, 2002a(Norris, , 2002bChae et al 2005;Bourque et al 2006;Gray, 2008;Tapsell and Tunstall, 2008;Carroll et al 2009;Mason et al 2010, Henderson andElsass, 2015) which had found links between place and mental health, social constructs linked with place-based attachments and cohesion were assessed in the questionnaire at two levels: neighbourhoods and home. Since homes and neighbourhoods are considered as place based communities embedded in locality based social relations (Massey 1995;Blokland, 2001, Forrest andKearns 2001), sense of community was assessed through a series of questions on neighbourhood relations, attachments and dynamics within neighbourhoods, while home based attachments through questions on personal relations in homes and help/support from family and friends.…”

Flood recovery and property acquisition in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

“…Data availability emerged as a constraint for social vulnerability dimensions of risk perception, health, and social capital, which have limited or nonexistent coverage in the census data. This resulted in removal of three of the case studies (Carroll et al 2009;Hawkins and Maurer 2010;Werg et al 2013). …”

Place attachment and flood preparedness

“…Miceli et al (2008) point out that objective measures of risk assessment and perception have received much attention, but cognitive and emotional aspects and how these affect risk perception have remained understudied. Studying post-disaster effects, not preparedness, Carroll, Morbey, Balogh, and Araoz (2009) examine broken bonds and meaning of home, not specifically place attachment. Drabek (1969) suggests that socio-cultural frameworks influence individuals' interpretation of environmental cues or warnings, but does not address place attachment.…”