Tom Lansford, Jack Covarrubias, Justin Miller

Fostering Community Resilience

Homeland Security and Hurricane Katrina

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781409402497
• ISBN-10: 1409402495
• Artikelnr.: 45009045

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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