عنوان

There is no such thing as a natural disaster :

(Number (ISBN

041595486X

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0415954878

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9780415954860

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9780415954877

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b788813

Title Proper

There is no such thing as a natural disaster :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

race, class, and Hurricane Katrina /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2006.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

ix, 311 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

The book, edited by two eminent scholars/authors, gathers together ten excellent scholars to put forth a multifaceted portrait of the social implications of the disaster. And the disaster was primarily social in nature, as the title reminds us. The book covers the response to the disaster and the roles that race and class played, its impact on housing, the historical context of urban disasters in America, the nature of contemporary metropolitan planning, what the hurricane has taught us about planning, the role of the vast prison system in all of this, the future of economic development, the roles of business and the media, and how the hurricane disproportionately impacted female headed households. In total, it offers a critical and comprehensive social portrait of the disaster's catastrophic effects on New Orleans.

Text of Note

There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first critical scholarly book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down in record as one of the worst in American history, not least because of the government's generally inept and cavalier response. But it's also a huge story for other obvious reasons. Firstly, the impact of the hurricane was uneven, and race and class (and tied to this, poverty) were deeply implicated in the unevenness. It was not by accident that the poorest and blackest neighborhoods were the ones that were buried under water. Secondly, the response underscored the impoverishment of social policy (or what passes for it) in both George W. Bush's America and more specifically the Republican-dominated South. Thirdly, New Orleans is not just any place - it's a great American city with a rich and unique history. People care about the place and what happens there. Fourthly, what happened and what will happen there can tell us a great deal about the state of urban and regional planning in contemporary America.

USA

Disaster relief-- Social aspects-- Gulf States.

Disaster relief-- Social aspects-- Louisiana-- New Orleans.

Human services-- Gulf States.

Human services-- Louisiana-- New Orleans.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005-- Social aspects.

Hurricane Rita, 2005-- Social aspects.

Marginality, Social-- Gulf States.

Marginality, Social-- Louisiana-- New Orleans.

People with social disabilities-- Government policy-- Gulf States.

People with social disabilities-- Government policy-- Louisiana-- New Orleans.

Handicapés sociaux-- Politique gouvernementale-- États du Golfe (États-Unis)

Handicapés sociaux-- Politique gouvernementale-- Louisiane-- La Nouvelle-Orléans.

Marginaux-- États du Golfe (États-Unis)

Marginaux-- Louisiane-- La Nouvelle-Orléans.

Ouragan Katrina, 2005-- Aspect social.

Ouragan Rita, 2005-- Aspect social.

Secours aux victimes de catastrophes-- Aspect social-- États du Golfe (États-Unis)

Secours aux victimes de catastrophes-- Aspect social-- Louisiane-- La Nouvelle-Orléans.

Services sociaux-- États du Golfe (États-Unis)

Services sociaux-- Louisiane-- La Nouvelle-Orléans.

Disaster relief-- Social aspects-- Gulf States.

Disaster relief-- Social aspects-- Louisiana-- New Orleans.

Disaster relief-- Social aspects.

Hulpverlening.

Human services-- Gulf States.

Human services-- Louisiana-- New Orleans.

Human services.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005-- Social aspects.

Hurricane Rita, 2005-- Social aspects.

Katastrophenhilfe

Katastrophenhilfe.

Katrina

Katrina Hurrikan

Marginality, Social-- Gulf States.

Marginality, Social-- Louisiana-- New Orleans.

Marginality, Social.

Naturkatastrophe

Overstromingen.

People with social disabilities-- Government policy-- Gulf States.

People with social disabilities-- Government policy-- Louisiana-- New Orleans.

People with social disabilities-- Government policy.

Rampenbestrijding.

Randgruppe

Randgruppe.

Rassendiskriminierung

Social aspects.

Soziale Klasse

Soziale Situation

Soziale Situation.

Wervelstormen.

Amerikanisches Mittelmeer

Amerikanisches Mittelmeer.

Louisiana, New Orleans.

Mississippi (staat)

New Orleans La.

New Orleans, La.

United States, Gulf States.

USA, Südstaaten

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Number

Edition

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Book number

Class number

System Code

Hartman, Chester W.

Squires, Gregory D.

Date of Transaction

20201207021833.0

Electronic name

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