Fostering Community Resilience

Homeland Security and Hurricane Katrina

AvTom Lansford,Jack Covarrubias

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Using the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a case study, this book focuses on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and develops the concept of resilience and how it applies to Homeland Security in the aftermath of the worst natural disaster to hit the United States. Through the lens of the national response to Hurricane Katrina and the local lens of the recovery of the Mississippi Gulf Coast community, this work elucidates the particular qualities that make a community and a nation more resilient, discussing resilience as a concept and an application. Additionally, it explores in-depth the interconnected fields that comprise resilience; including economic, social, infrastructure, and political domains. By examining what went right, what went wrong, and what can be improved upon during the Mississippi Gulf Coast's recovery, scholars and policymakers can better understand community resilience not just as a concept, but also as a practice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-09-28
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:476 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Homeland Security
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781409402497

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Tom Lansford, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, USA, Jack Covarrubias, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, USA, Brian Carriere, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, USA and Justin Miller, Mississippi College School of Law, USA

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A Baker & Taylor Academic Essentials Title in Environmental and Other Disasters '...describes what is needed to help communities prepare for, withstand, and recover from disasters. Our state's recovery has been made possible by the resilience of the people who live on and near the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Valuable lessons were learned from our devastating experience that can be used to make homes, communities and states more resilient in the face of future catastrophes.' U.S. Senator Thad Cochran

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Resilience and Homeland Security; Chapter 2 Hurricane Katrina’s Impact on the Mississippi Gulf Coast; Chapter 3 The Mississippi Gulf Coast; Chapter 4 The Mississippi Gulf Coast; Chapter 5 The Mississippi Gulf Coast; Chapter 6 The Mississippi Gulf Coast; Chapter 7 Some Lessons in Resilience;