United States Department of Transportation
i
Tracking housing recovery in Sea Bright, NJ and the relationship to infrastructure renewal.
-
2017-03-01
-
[PDF-2.74 MB]
Details:
-
Creators:
-
Corporate Creators:
-
Contributors:
-
Corporate Contributors:
-
Subject/TRT Terms:
-
Publication/ Report Number:
-
Resource Type:
-
Geographical Coverage:
-
Corporate Publisher:
-
Abstract:Understanding how a community is recovering from a disaster is critical to being able to make investments in transportation infrastructure. This project is a follow up study to a 2014 study that looked at the recovery process in Sea Bright, New Jersey. While small (both in terms of population and area), Sea Bright is representative of many small coastal communities in the mid-Atlantic. The survey results documented in this report are based on a survey mailed to Sea Bright residents in late 2015. The results indicate that approximately 83% of the homes of respondents have been repaired or replaced compared with 62% fourteen to seventeen months earlier. While progress is being made, residents are finding the recovery process lengthy, and complex. Many respondents expressed dissatisfaction with both programs and organizations, and some reported that it is taking on a toll on their health. However, overall, the respondents from Sea Bright show a strong sense of community and attachment to place. The survey results also showed that the demographic profile of the community has not changed, and respondents’ perceptions of risk have not changed significantly.
-
Format:
-
Funding:
-
Collection(s):
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type:
