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

by Robert D. Bullard

Book Overview

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"