Abstract
The factors that converged to make Hurricane Katrina a disaster of epic proportions had more to do with where the storm hit than its intensity: It struck a major urban area where the inner-city poor have long been vulnerable to such an event but, until now, have been largely ignored.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 8-20 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Environment |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Global and Planetary Change
- Environmental Engineering
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Water Science and Technology