Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina: Struggles to Reclaim, Rebuild, and Revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast

by Robert D. Bullard

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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans leaving death and destruction across the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama Gulf Coast counties. The lethargic and inept emergency response that followed exposed institutional flaws, poor planning, and false assumptions that are built into the emergency response and homeland security plans and programs. Questions linger: What went wrong? Can it happen again? Is our government equipped...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813344247

ISBN13:9780813344249

Release Date:February 2009

Publisher:Routledge

Length:314 Pages

Weight:0.88 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Atmospheric Sciences City Planning & Urban Development Disaster Relief Earth Sciences Education & Reference Environmental Policy Human Geography Minority Studies Political Science

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