Louisiana's response to extreme weather : : a coastal state's adaptation challenges and successes / / edited by Shirley Laska.

• Superior document: Extreme Weather and Society,
• HerausgeberIn: Laska, Shirley.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing :, Imprint: Springer,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
• Language: English
• Series: Extreme Weather and Society,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 361 p.) :; 38 illus., 25 illus. in color.

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book takes an in-depth look at Louisiana as a state which is ahead of the curve in terms of extreme weather events, both in frequency and magnitude, and in its responses to these challenges including recovery and enhancement of resiliency. Lou...

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1. Introduction to the Book: “Ahead of the Curve”
• Part 1: Louisiana’s Risks Anticipating the Future Challenges to Other U.S. Coastal Communities
• Chapter 2. Managing Risks in Louisiana’s Rapidly Changing Coastal Zone
• Part 2: Climate Adaptation Challenges and Solutions
• Chapter 3. Connecting the Dots: The Origins, Evolutions and Implications of the Land Use
• Chapte r4. Antagonisms of Adaptation: Climate Adaptation Measures in New Orleans and New York City
• Chapter 5. Adapting to a Smaller Coast: Restoration, Protection, and Social Justice in Coastal Louisiana
• Part 3: Relocation and Resettlement -An Extreme Adjustment
• Chapter 6. Community Resettlement in Louisiana: Learning from Histories of Horror and Hope
• Chapter 6. Sojourners in a New Land: Hope and Adaptive Traditions
• Part 4: Types/Locations of Communities and Their Responses to Extreme Weather
• Chapter 8. Urban - Post-Disaster Development Dilemmas: Advancing Landscapes of Social Justice in a Neoliberal Post-Disaster Landscape
• Chapter 9. Re-Imagining Housing: Affordability Crisis and its Role in Disaster Resilience and Recovery
• Chapter 10. Suburban/Mid State- The 2016 Unexpected Mid-State Louisiana Flood: With Special Focus on the Different Rescue and Recovery Responses It Engendered
• Chapter 11. Rural- Challenges of Post-Disaster Resilient Recovery in Rural Areas
• Chapter 12. Coupled Coastal-Inland - Regional Resilience: Building Adaptive Capacity and Community Wellbeing Across Louisiana’s Dynamic Coastal-Inland Continuum.