Recovering Inequality : Hurricane Katrina, the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and the Aftermath of Disaster /

Recovering Inequality : Hurricane Katrina, the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and the Aftermath of Disaster /

A lethal mix of natural disaster, dangerously flawed construction, and reckless human actions devastated San Francisco in 1906 and New Orleans in 2005. Eighty percent of the built environments of both cities were destroyed in the catastrophes, and the poor, the elderly, and the medically infirm were...

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Main Author: Kroll-Smith, Steve (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Other Authors: Oliver-Smith, Anthony (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Series:The Katrina Bookshelf
Subjects:
Disaster relief > Social aspects > United States
Emergency management > United States
Equality > United States
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 > Social aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General

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