Hurricane Katrina and the Redefinition of Landscape

Informationen zum Autor DeMond Shondell Miller is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and the director of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Institute for Research and Community Service at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. Jason David Rivera is a research associate at Rowan University in the Liberal Arts and Sciences Institute for Research and Community Service. Klappentext Miller and Rivera explore how the fundamental changes to the physical landscape after Hurricane Katrina set the stage for dramatic changes to come for the city and region, and how these changes altered the economic, cultural, and political lives of the survivors. Zusammenfassung Miller and Rivera explore how the fundamental changes to the physical landscape after Hurricane Katrina set the stage for dramatic changes to come for the city and region! and how these changes altered the economic! cultural! and political lives of the survivors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Concepts of Place and Landscape Chapter 3 The Physical Landscape Chapter 4 The Cultural-Economic Landscape Chapter 5 The Political Landscape Chapter 6 Social Change Chapter 7 Civic Trust Chapter 8 Conclusion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: DeMond Shondell Miller, Demond Shondell/ Rivera Miller, Jason David Rivera, Rivera Jason David
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.05.2009
• EAN: 9780739121474
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2147-4
• Pagine: 171
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, Environmental Studies, Social impact of disasters, Central Southern States, US South, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)