Duane A. Gill

TL;DR: This paper found that litigation serves as a source of chronic stress for victims of human-caused disasters involved in court deliberations for damages, and suggested alternatives for alternatives to litigation and suggested that litigation is a critical characteristic of technological disasters that precludes timely community recovery.

TL;DR: The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and the 2010 BP oil spill were the largest and most ecologically damaging releases of oil in North American history as discussed by the authors, and the strongest predictors of stress were family health concerns, commercial ties to renewable resources, and concern about economic future, economic loss, and exposure to the oil.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined chronic community stress associated with technological disasters using data from three case studies in the United States: a train derailment and toxic spill, a community contaminated by a superfund hazardous waste site, and an oil spill.

TL;DR: In this paper, social capital theory is presented as a comprehensive framework that incorporates and integrates key conceptual elements and theories of technological disasters, including the concept of collective trauma, lifestyle and lifescape change, corrosive community, secondary trauma, and ecological-symbolic perspective.

TL;DR: In this paper, a longitudinal panel study, including a control community, provides data on disruption and stress experienced by res idents of a small fishing community in Prince William Sound, Alaska, revealing a continuing pattern of stress and disruptions.