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- Title
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF A COAL WASTE DISASTER ON SOCIAL TRUST IN EASTERN KENTUCKY UPDATED.
- Authors
SCOTT, SHAUNNA L.; WESTGATE, PHILIP M.; MCSPIRIT, STEPHANIE
- Abstract
This research note follows up a study of the immediate impact of an October 2000 coal waste disaster on social trust, community attachment, and risk perception in Martin County, Kentucky. This research study explores whether the negative social impacts of the October 2000 disaster in Martin County have persisted in the longer term. Specifically, it analyzes two waves of survey data Martin County (2001 and 2011) and Perry County, Kentucky (2001 and 2013), which served as the comparison or "control" in the original study. This study finds that even though the disaster-stricken county's trust levels have not rebounded to the level of the "control" case, levels of trust in the directly impacted community have increased significantly over the ten-year time period. Trust levels in the non-impacted area have not increased, with the exception of trust in corporations, which increased in both communities.
- Subjects
MARTIN County (Ky.); COAL mine waste; SOCIAL impact; RISK perception; TRUST companies
- Publication
Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 2, p261
- ISSN
1082-7161
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5406/jappastud.22.2.0261