The Katrina Effect: On the Nature of Catastrophe

by Michael Levine, Oenone Rooksby (Editor), Joely-Kym Sobott (Editor)

Book Overview

On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina's storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city was inundated. Perhaps no other disaster of the 21st century has so captured the global media's attention and featured in the 'imagination of disaster' like Katrina. The Katrina Effect charts the important ethical territory that underscores thinking about disaster and the built environment globally. Given the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472595173
• ISBN13: 9781472595171
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"