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1 online resource (xxii, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Race, place, and the environment in post-Katrina New Orleans / Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright -- 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 -- 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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Hurricane Katrina (2005) |
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Emergency management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Emergency management. |
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Louisiana -- New Orleans. |
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Crisis management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Crisis management. |
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Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Disaster relief. |
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Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
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2005 |
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Bullard, Robert D. (Robert Doyle), 1946-
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Wright, Beverly (Sociologist)
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Other Form: |
Print version: Race, place, and environmental justice after Hurricane Katrina. Boulder, CO : Westview Press, ©2009 0813344247 9780813344249 (DLC) 2008044517 (OCoLC)251196760 |
ISBN |
9780786744275 (electronic book) |
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0786744278 (electronic book) |
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9780813344249 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0813344247 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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