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Title Race, place, and environmental justice after Hurricane Katrina : struggles to reclaim, rebuild, and revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast / edited by Robert D. Bullard, Beverly Wright
Published Boulder, CO : Westview Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Race, place, and the environment in post-Katrina New Orleans / Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright -- The overlooked significance of place in law and policy : lessons from Hurricane Katrina / Debra Lyn Bassett -- Transportation matters : stranded on the side of the road before and after disasters strike / Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres -- Katrina and the condition of black New Orleans : the struggle for justice, equity, and democracy / Mtangulizi Sanyika -- Contaminants in the air and soil in New Orleans after the flood : opportunities and limitations for community empowerment / Rachel Godsil, Albert Huang, and Gina Solomon -- Investing in human capital and healthy rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina / Sheila J. Webb -- Making the case for community-based laboratories : a new strategy for environmental justice / Earthea Nance -- Post-Katrina profiteering : the new Big Easy / Rita J. King -- Rebuilding lives post-Katrina : choices and challenges in New Orleans's economic development / Robert K. Whelan and Denise Strong -- The color of opportunity and the future of New Orleans : planning, rebuilding, and social inclusion after Hurricane Katrina / Mafruza Khan -- Housing recovery in the Ninth Ward : disparities in policy, process, and prospects / Lisa K. Bates and Rebekah A. Green -- Unnatural disaster : social impacts and policy choices after Katrina / John R. Logan -- Afterword : looking back to move forward / Beverly Wright and Robert D. Bullard
Summary Analyzing the immediate and long-term repercussions of Hurricane Katrina, the essays in this volume expose the racial disparities that exist in disaster response and recovery and challenge the geography of vulnerability
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Emergency management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Crisis management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Crisis management
Disaster relief
Emergency management
Entschädigung
Katastrophenmanagement
Katrina Hurrikan
Louisiana -- New Orleans
New Orleans, La.
Form Electronic book
Author Bullard, Robert D. (Robert Doyle), 1946-
Wright, Beverly (Sociologist)
LC no. 2008044517
ISBN 9780786744275
0786744278