Resilience and Opportunity
Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast After Katrina and Rita
Description:... Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005. Commentary and analysis typically focused on what went wrong in the post-disaster emergency response. This forward-looking book, however, presents a more cautiously optimistic view about the region's ability to bounce back after multiple disasters.
Catastrophes come in different forms hurricanes, recessions, and oil spills, to name a few. It is imperative that we learn how best to rebuild in the wake of disasters and what capacities and conditions are needed to improve future resilience. Since the devastating summer of 2005, leaders have made important inroads to restoring communities in more prosperous ways. Resilience and Opportunity is an important contribution to our collective learning from a teachable moment.
Contributors: Ivye Allen, Foundation for the Mid South; Lance Buhl, DukeUniversity; Ann Carpenter, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Robert A. Collins, DillardUniversity; Mark S. Davis, Tulane University Law School; Breonne DeDecker, BrandeisUniversity; Karen B. DeSalvo, Tulane University School of Medicine; Kathryn A.Foster, University at Buffalo Regional Institute, SUNY; Linetta Gilbert, The DeclarationInitiative; Ambassador James Joseph, Duke University; Mukesh Kumar, Jackson StateUniversity; Luceia LeDoux, Baptist Communities Ministries; Silas Lee III, XavierUniversity of Louisiana; David A. Marcello, Tulane University; Richard McCline,Southern University; Nancy T. Montoya, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Reilly Morse,Mississippi Center for Justice; Elaine Ortiz, Greater New Orleans Community DataCenter; Andre Perry, Loyola University, New Orleans; John L. Renne, University of NewOrleans; Kalima Rose, PolicyLink; Michael Schwam-Baird, Tulane University; JasmineM. Waddell, Brandeis University; Nadiene Van Dyke, New Orleans Police and JusticeFoundation; Alandra Washington, W. K. Kellogg Foundation; Frederick Weil, LouisianaState University; Leslie Willams, LeaderShift Consulting; Jon Wool, Vera Institute ofJustice.
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