Fostering Community Resilience: Homeland Security and Hurricane Katrina / Edition 1

by Tom Lansford, Jack Covarrubias, Justin Miller

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409402497
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/28/2010
Series:	Homeland Security
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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;

Editorial Reviews

A Baker & Taylor Academic Essentials Title in Environmental and Other Disasters

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