![]() Barbara Earl demonstrates the water line on her home in Bellevue.Most literature have researched the socioeconomic effects of Hurricane Katrina on residents and neighborhood change of the surrounding area, but no information exists about these effects of the Great Flood on Nashville residents. Furthermore, Darden and others ( 2018, 2010, 2000) found, respectively, that the portion of Hispanic residents was modest but still less in affluent neighborhoods as compared to Non-Hispanic White residents that neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics influence the racial distributions of neighborhoods and that suburban communities comprise residents of higher socioeconomic statuses than in the central city of metropolitan areas. Additionally, Cutter, Ash and Emrich advocated for taking a different approach to disaster resilience, since their research found that urban and rural counties each have differing factors that contribute to how they recover from disasters. ![]() In this article, the authors noted that income did not play a role in who was impacted by the hurricane, however levels of recovery and coping were greatly affected by socioeconomics. Masozera, Bailey and Kerchner researched income disparities in relation to the impact left by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lee found that natural disasters create more socioeconomic disparities among residents. Previous literature have noted that natural disasters create long term effects on local areas and residents. The Great Flood of 2010 in Nashville resulted in approximately $2 billion dollars in damage. The 10 year anniversary of Nashville’s Great Flood will occur on May 1st and 2nd of 2020–less than four months marks the remembrance of one of the biggest natural disasters in Nashville, Tennessee. ![]()
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