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Environmental justice in a landscape of tragedy

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Hurricane Katrina exposed a landscape of tragedy in New Orleans in the wake of the storm, concentrations of poverty and minority populations and disproportionate suffering among those groups prompted discussions about environmental injustices. Federal policies seek to foster environmental justice, but all too often they respond inadequately to long-standing injustices and fail to address the moral issues that underlie the public understanding of environmental justice. Additionally, local and state plans for addressing future hurricanes offer little impetus to environmental justice concerns.

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  • Colten, Craig E., 2007. "Environmental justice in a landscape of tragedy," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 173-179.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:teinso:v:29:y:2007:i:2:p:173-179
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2007.01.006
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    1. Craig Colten & Amy Sumpter, 2009. "Social memory and resilience in New Orleans," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 48(3), pages 355-364, March.
    2. Juhann Waller, 2023. "Stormwater Capital Improvement Planning: A Framework for Project Identification and Prioritization for Pluvial Flood Mitigation," Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 3(2), pages 93-115, September.

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