Facing Catastrophe : : Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World / / Robert R. M. Verchick.
As Hurricane Katrina vividly revealed, disaster policy in the United States is broken and needs reform. What can we learn from past disasters—storms, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and wildfires—about preparing for and responding to future catastrophes? How can these lessons be applied i...
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