Facing catastrophe
Subtitle: environmental action for a post-Katrina world
By: Robert R.M. Verchick.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780674047914
Subjects: Environmental policy -- United States; Environmental protection; Emergency management; Disasters -- Risk assessment; Disasters -- prevention & control; Environmental Monitoring -- methods; Disaster Planning -- methods; Environmental Health; Public Policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Natural infrastructure; title: Our incredible shrinking infrastructure; title: System failures and fairness deficits; title: Tending our gardens; title: Backwater blues; title: Disaster justice; title: Winds of change; title: Precaution and social welfare; title: Mapping Katrina; title: Planning our futures.