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The "Katrina Effect" - On the Nature of Catastrophe (Paperback)
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The "Katrina Effect" - On the Nature of Catastrophe (Paperback)
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On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina's
storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city
was inundated. Perhaps no other disaster of the 21st century has so
captured the global media's attention and featured in the
'imagination of disaster' like Katrina. The Katrina Effect charts
the important ethical territory that underscores thinking about
disaster and the built environment globally. Given the unfolding of
recent events, disasters are acquiring original and complex
meanings. This is partly because of the global expansion and
technological interaction of urban societies in which the multiple
and varied impacts of disasters are recognized. These meanings pose
significant new problems for civil society: what becomes of public
accountability, egalitarianism and other democratic ideals in the
face of catastrophe? This collection of critical essays assesses
the storm's global impact on overlapping urban, social and
political imaginaries. Given the coincidence and 'perfect storm' of
environmental, geo-political and economic challenges facing liberal
democratic societies, communities will come under increasing strain
to preserve and restore social fabric while affording all citizens
equal opportunity in determining the forms that future cities and
communities will take. Today, 21st century economic neo-liberalism,
global warming or recent theories of 'urban vulnerability' and
resilience provide key new contexts for understanding the meaning
and legacy of Katrina.
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