[Read free ebook] Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World
▲ Robert R. M. Verchick ▲
| #3494444 in Books | 2012-04-02 | 2012-03-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.27 x.87 x6.20l,.84 | File Name: 0674064259 | 336 pages
||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating, persuasive, and inspiring|By J Kalb|If I could have every policymaker in my home state of Louisiana read one book, it would be this one. Rob Verchick argues persuasively that our best response to so-called "natural" disasters is to invest wisely in the natural infrastructure. He translates his three deceptively simple principles, "Go Green," "Be Fair," and "Keep||Beautifully written, powerfully argued, and sweeping in its scope, Facing Catastrophe answers the wake-up call for environmental policymakers that was Hurricane Katrina. This is a book that deserves to be read, re-read, and read yet again. (Douglas A.
As Hurricane Katrina vividly revealed, disaster policy in the United States is broken and needs reform. What can we learn from past disasters―storms, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and wildfires―about preparing for and responding to future catastrophes? How can these lessons be applied in a future threatened by climate change?
In this bold contribution to environmental law, Robert Verchick argues for a new perspective on disaster law that is bas...
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