Louisiana

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31.00

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-92.00

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4 331 987

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Can Public Policy Perpetuate the Memory of Disasters?

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Perspectives Issue 2018/3

Colten and Grismore examine the Amite River flood in August 2016 against the backdrop of collective flood memory and public policy.

Sites of Remembering: Landscapes, Lessons, Policies

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This volume explores the potential contribution memory studies can make to policymaking, in particular on conservation and disaster resilience.

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina strikes the United States Gulf Coast, causing one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in American history.

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Landscape Transformation

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Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice

Laura Westra and Bill Lawson’s edited collection centers on the legal, political, economic, social, and health issues surrounding environmental racism.

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