Race, place, and environmental justice after Hurricane Katrina
Subtitle: struggles to reclaim, rebuild, and revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
By: edited by Robert D. Bullard, Beverly Wright.
Contributors: Bullard, Robert D. 1946-; Wright, Beverly, Ph.D.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813344249
Subjects: Emergency management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Crisis management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Race, place, and the environment in post-Katrina New Orleans / Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright; title: The overlooked significance of "place" in law and policy : lessons from Hurricane Katrina / Debra Lyn Bassett; title: Transportation matters : stranded on the side of the road before and after disasters strike / Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres; title: Katrina and the struggle for justice, equity, and democracy / Mtangulizi Sanyika; title: Contaminants in the air and soil in New Orleans after the flood : opportunities and limitations for community empowerment / Rachel Godsil, Al Huang, and Gina Solomon; title: Investing in human capital and healthy rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina / Sheila J. Webb; title: Making the case for community-based laboratories : a new strategy for environmental justice / Earthea Nance; title: Post-Katrina profiteering : the new Big Easy / Rita J. King; title: Rebuilding lives post-Katrina : choices and challenges in New Orleans's economic development / Robert K. Whelan and Denise Strong; title: The color of opportunity and the future of New Orleans : planning, rebuilding and social inclusion after Hurricane Katrina / Center for Social Inclusion; title: Housing recovery in the Ninth Ward : disparities in policy, process, and prospects / Lisa K. Bates and Rebekah A. Green; title: Unnatural disaster : social impacts and policy choices after Katrina / John R Logan; title: Afterword : looking back to move forward / Beverly Wright and Robert D. Bullard.