Cities at risk: Hurricane Katrina and the drowning of New Orleans

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-516

  Comfort, Louise K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Federal Emergency Management Agency; FEMA; Hurricane Katrina; National Response Plan; New Orleans; Resilient cities

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646183311     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087405284881     Document Type: Article

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