"Hurricane Katrina: Performance of Transportation Systems is a comprehensive evaluation of the Gulf coast's bridge, railroad, and roadway performance following Hurricane Katrina." "Although the failure of the levees in New Orleans attracted the most media attention, other infras…
"Hurricane Katrina: Performance of Transportation Systems is a comprehensive evaluation of the Gulf coast's bridge, railroad, and roadway performance following Hurricane Katrina." "Although the failure of the levees in New Orleans attracted the most media attention, other infras…
"Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration of the privatization of vital social services under market-driven governance. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, public agencies sub…
Du site de l'éd. : Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration of the privatization of vital social services under market-driven governance. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, p…
This ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans provides a sobering look at the fallout from the privatization of vital social services under neoliberal, or market-driven, governance.
"Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration of the privatization of vital social services under market-driven governance. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, public agencies sub…
This book addresses everything from transportation infrastructure to social inequality and urban development during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The authors each have a distinct focus which provide a cohesive look at how so many things went wrong after the catastrophe and…
"On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans leaving widespread death and destruction. The inept emergency response that followed exposed major institutional flaws and poor planning. Questions linger: Can this happen again? Is our government equipped to …
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.
