Gramling / Laska Catastrophe in the Making

The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-61091-156-6
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 211 Seiten

Based on the false promise of widespread prosperity, communities across the U.S. have embraced all brands of 'economic development' at all costs. In Louisiana, that meant development interests turning wetlands into shipping lanes. By replacing a natural buffer against storm surges with a 75-mile long, obsolete canal that cost hundreds of millions of dollars, they guided the hurricane into the heart of New Orleans and adjacent communities. The authors reveal why, despite their geographic differences, California and Missouri are building-quite literally-toward similar destruction.Too often, the U.S. 'growth machine' generates wealth for a few and misery for many. Drawing lessons from the most expensive 'natural' disaster in American history, Catastrophe in the Making shows why thoughtless development comes at a price we can ill afford.

William R. Freudenburg was professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Robert Gramling is professor of Sociology and director of the Center for Socioeconomic Research at the University of Louisiana at Layayette. Shirley Laska is a professor of Sociology at the University of New Orleans and director of the Center for Hazards, Assessment, Response and Technology (CHART). Kai T. Erikson is professor emeritus of Sociology and American Studies at Yale University.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gramling, Robert

Laska, Shirley