Accession Number:

AD0701934

Title:

DISASTER AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. A STUDY OF THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES IN ANCHORAGE OF THE 1964 ALASKA EARTHQUAKE

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

OHIO STATE UNIV COLUMBUS DISASTER RESEARCH CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Anderson, William A.

Report Date:

1969-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

104.0

Abstract:

The report discusses the findings of a year and a half field study on the long-term effects of the March 27, 1964 Alaska earthquake on a sample of twenty-three Anchorage organizations. Seventeen of the organizations studied experienced some long-term change as a result of the earthquake. In some cases the disaster facilitated the emergence of new patterns of change and in others it accelerated preexisting trends. Organizations tended to undergo long-term change when the earthquake significantly altered their environments, for example, by creating new demands, and when it engendered or heightened internal problems such as organizational strains.

Descriptors:

• *ALASKA
• *DISASTERS
• *EARTHQUAKES
• *ORGANIZATIONS
• *SOCIOLOGY
• CIVIL DEFENSE
• URBAN AREAS

Subject Categories:

• Sociology and Law
• Civil Defense

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE