Law and Recovery From Disaster: Hurricane Katrina

Law and Recovery From Disaster: Hurricane Katrina

Malloy, Professor Robin Paul; Malloy, Professor Robin Paul

Taylor & Francis Ltd

02/2009

264

Dura

Inglês

9780754675006

15 a 20 dias

In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States, killing more than 1,500 people and directly affecting 1.5 million people, while destroying 300,000 homes. This title focuses on the ability of law and legal institutions to not only survive such disasters but to effectively facilitate recovery.
Contents: Law among the ruins, Jim Chen; Property and radical change: observations on property relationships from post-Katrina New Orleans, John A. Lovett; Land use and planning by design and by disaster, Frank S. Alexander; Place, disasters and disability, Debra Lyn Bassett; Natural disasters and persons with disabilities, Janet E. Lord, Michael E. Waterstone and Michael Ashley Stein; Insurance and the flood, Aviva Abramovsky; Participation and disintermediation in a risk society, Robert J. Rhee; Small business recovery from a natural disaster: lessons from Katrina, Rodney C. Runyan and Patricia Huddleston; Legislation and criminalization impacting renters displaced by Katrina, Olympia Duhart and Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod; Navigating the topography of inequality post-disaster: a proposal for remedying past geographic segregation during rebuilding, Michele Alexandre; How the new federalism failed Katrina victims, Erin Ryan; Table of cases; Bibliography; Index.
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