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RESUMO
This discussion illustrates the utility of a level of living scale for measuring the impact of a disaster and for monitoring the recoveryprocess. Future scale designed specifically tobe cost weigthted can easily employ a different set of items more reflective of the cost of maintaining a given level of living. It is believed, however, that the work in Guatemala demonstrates the utility of using such scales as a maens of obtaining reliable measures of disasters impact and recovery. Belcher has demonstrated in his work that these scales have cross-cultural relevance (AU)