The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina
The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina

Author:

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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"The objective of this report is to identify and establish a roadmap on how to do that, and lay the groundwork for transforming how this Nation- from every level of government to the private sector to individual citizens and communities - pursues a real and lasting vision of preparedness. To get there will require significant change to the status quo, to include adjustments to policy, structure, and mindset"--P. 2.

Resilience and Opportunity
Resilience and Opportunity

Author: Amy Liu

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0815721498

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Explores how such disasters as Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have taught important lessons about post-disaster recovery, in a positive report that illuminates outstanding economic, environmental and social challenges. Original.

Mississippi after Katrina
Mississippi after Katrina

Author: Jennifer Trivedi

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-11-24

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1793610142

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Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the American Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Biloxi, Mississippi, a small town on the coast, was one of the towns devastated directly by the storm. Drawing on ethnographic, media, and historic document research and analysis, Jennifer Trivedi explores the pre-disaster cultural, historical, social, political, and economic distinctions that shaped the recovery ofBiloxi and Biloxians. Trivedi examines how networks of people, groups, and institutions worked to prepare for and recover from the hurricane, reinforcing the distinctions that existed before the storm.

A Failure of Initiative
A Failure of Initiative

Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13:

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Legislative Calendar
Legislative Calendar

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 172

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Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina
Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina

Author: Robert D. Bullard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-17

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0429977484

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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 recover from natural and manmade disasters? Can the public trust government response to be fair? Does race matter? Racial disparities exist in disaster response, cleanup, rebuilding, reconstruction, and recovery. Race plays out in natural disaster survivors' ability to rebuild, replace infrastructure, obtain loans, and locate temporary and permanent housing. Generally, low-income and people of color disaster victims spend more time in temporary housing, shelters, trailers, mobile homes, and hotels - and are more vulnerable to permanent displacement. Some 'temporary' homes have not proved to be that temporary. In exploring the geography of vulnerability, this book asks why some communities get left behind economically, spatially, and physically before and after disasters strike.