The Economic Impacts of the Loma Prieta Earthquake: A Focus on Small Business

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" The Economic Impacts of the Loma Prieta Earthquake: A Focus on Small Business "
Kroll, Cynthia; Landis, John; Shen, Qing; Stryker, Sean

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	928579
Doc. No	:	LA6s67g8mh
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Kroll, Cynthia; Landis, John; Shen, Qing; Stryker, Sean
Title & Author	:	The Economic Impacts of the Loma Prieta Earthquake: A Focus on Small Business [Article]\ Kroll, Cynthia; Landis, John; Shen, Qing; Stryker, Sean
Title of Periodical	:	Berkeley Planning Journal
Volume/ Issue Number	:	5/1
Date	:	1990
Abstract	:	This paper identifies the impacts of the Lorna Prieta earthquake on the economy of the San Francisco Bay Area as a whole and specifically for small businesses. Findings are based on an analysis of published agrg egate economic data and a survey of small businesses in two cities. The paper finds that the economy showed a great deal of resistence, and concludes by outlining three lessons for future disaster planning in all areas prone to natural disasters.