There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster (eBook, PDF)

Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina
Redaktion: Squires, Gregory; Hartman, Chester

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first comprehensive book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. It covers race and class, housing and redevelopment, the past history of urban disasters and the future of economic development in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136084744
• Artikelnr.: 45132378

Autorenporträt

Chester Hartman, an urban planner and author, is Director of Research of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council in Washington, DC. Gary Squires is Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at George Washington University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Pre-Katrina, Post-Katrina 2. A Matter of Choice: Historical Lessons for
Disaster Recovery 3. Oral History, Folklore, and Katrina 4. Towards a
Transformative View of Race: The Crisis and Opportunity of Katrina 5.
Abandoned Before the Storms: The Glaring Disaster of Gender, Race, and
Class Disparities in the Gulf 6. Katrina and the Politics of Later Life 7.
Where is Home? Housing for Low-Income People After the 2005 Hurricanes 8.
Reclaiming New Orleans' Working-Class Communities 9. A New Kind of Medical
Disaster in the United States 10. Double Jeopardy: Public Education in New
Orleans Before and After the Storm 11. An Old Economy for the 'New' New
Orleans? Post-Hurricane Katrina Economic Development Efforts 12. From
Poverty to Prosperity: The Critical Role of Financial Institutions 13. The
Role of Local Organizing: House-to-House with Boots on the Ground 14.
Rebuilding A Tortured Past or Creating A Model Future: The Limits and
Potentials of Planning