Fostering Community Resilience: Homeland Security and Hurricane Katrina
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ashgate Gower 2010
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Beschreibung:Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Resilience and Homeland Security -- 2 Hurricane Katrina8217;s Impact on the Mississippi Gulf Coast -- 3 The Mississippi Gulf Coast: The Fabric of Community Resolve -- 4 The Mississippi Gulf Coast: Rebuilding Infrastructure -- 5 The Mississippi Gulf Coast: Fostering Political Resilience -- 6 The Mississippi Gulf Coast: Economic Recovery and Growth -- 7 Some Lessons in Resilience -- Appendix A: Selected Major United States Natural Disasters, 1900-Present -- Appendix B: Gulfport8217;s History with Tropical Storm Systems, 1872-2005 -- Bibliography -- Index
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. 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
Beschreibung:184
ISBN:128277395X
9781282773950
9781409402503
1409402509

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