Facing Catastrophe : Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World / Robert R. M. Verchick.
2010
GE180 .V47 2012
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Title
Facing Catastrophe : Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World / Robert R. M. Verchick.
ISBN
9780674056947
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (336 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674056947 doi
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GE180 .V47 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.340973
Summary
In this bold contribution to environmental law, Robert Verchick argues for a new perspective on disaster law that is based on the principles of environmental protection. He contends that government must assume a stronger regulatory role in managing natural infrastructure, distributional fairness, and public risk. Verchick proposes changes to the federal statutes governing environmental impact assessments, wetlands development, air emissions, and flood control, among others. This is a new vision of disaster law for the next generation.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Go Green
1. Natural Infrastructure
2. Our Incredible Shrinking Infrastructure
3. System Failures and Fairness Deficits
4. Tending Our Gardens
Part II: Be Fair
5. Backwater Blues
6. Disaster Justice
7. Winds of Change
Part III: Keep Safe
8. Precaution and Social Welfare
9. Mapping Katrina
10. Planning Our Futures
Conclusion
Notes
Index
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Go Green
1. Natural Infrastructure
2. Our Incredible Shrinking Infrastructure
3. System Failures and Fairness Deficits
4. Tending Our Gardens
Part II: Be Fair
5. Backwater Blues
6. Disaster Justice
7. Winds of Change
Part III: Keep Safe
8. Precaution and Social Welfare
9. Mapping Katrina
10. Planning Our Futures
Conclusion
Notes
Index