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Rethinking community resilience : the politics of disaster recovery in New Orleans / Min Hee Go.

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Explores the unintended consequences of civic activism in a disaster-prone cityAfter Hurricane Katrina, thousands of people swiftly mobilized to rebuild their neighborhoods, often assisted by government organizations, nonprofits, and other major institutions. In Rethinking Community Resilience, Min...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Go, Min Hee (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Economic aspects.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects.
Disaster relief > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Disaster victims > Services for > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Do Resilient Communities Make a Resilient City?
  • 1. Resilient Communities in a Vulnerable City
  • 2. Federalism and the Construction of Protection from Betsy to Katrina
  • 3. Rebuilding the City: Reconstruction and the Paradox of Participation
  • 4. Returning to the City: Community Civic Structure and Spatial Inequality
  • 5. The Making of Resilient Communities
  • Conclusion: Rethinking Civic Capacity and Urban Resilience
  • Acknowledgments
  • Methodological Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author.

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