Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina - 9780367097141

Taylor & Francis

Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane KatrinaStruggles to Reclaim, Rebuild, and Revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast\nAuthor(s): Robert D. Bullard, Beverly Wright\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367097141, 978-0367097141\nSynopsis\nOn 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, reb.