| Title | Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina: Struggles to Reclaim, Rebuild, and Revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Authors | Bullard, Robert D., and Beverly Wright |
| Publisher | Westview Press |
| City | Boulder, Colorado |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-8133-4424-9 |
| Abstract | 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 to plan for, mitigate, respond to, and rec |
| URL | https://www.routledge.com/Race-Place-and-Environmental-Justice-After-Hurricane-Katrina-Struggles/Bullard-Wright/p/book/9780813344249 |
| Short Title | Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina |
