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Disaster Vulnerability Of University Student Populations, Jamie Lynn Auletta
Disaster Vulnerability Of University Student Populations, Jamie Lynn Auletta
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Student populations at Gulf Coast universities and colleges are subjected to multiple forces working together making them an especially vulnerable sub-group to hazards. Research has suggested that college students represent a segment of the population that hazards research has frequently overlooked and maybe not fully appreciated in university emergency planning. Most prior research has focused on university disaster experiences, highlighting what went wrong, and what should be done but little research focuses on what is actually taking place. The primary intent of this research was to gain better insight into university emergency planning and identify areas universities have neglected with …