City adrift
Subtitle: New Orleans before and after Katrina
By: Jenni Bergal ... [et al.] ; foreword by Dan Rather ; a Center for Public Integrity Investigation.
Contributors: Bergal, Jenni.; Center for Public Integrity.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807132845
Subjects: United States. -- Federal Emergency Management Agency.; Hurricane Katrina, 2005.; Disaster victims -- Services for -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.; Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.; Crisis management in government -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.; New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 21st century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The storm / Jenni Bergal; title: The environment / Sara Shipley Hiles; title: The levees / John McQuaid; title: Emergency preparedness / Jim Morris; title: Social services / Katy Reckdahl; title: Health care / Jenni Bergal; title: Politics / Curtis Wilkie; title: Housing and insurance / Frank Koughan.