Katrina: Private enterprise, the dead hand of the past, and weather socialism; an analysis in economic geography

Ethics, Place and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-241

  Block, Walter ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Free enterprise; Hurricane katrina; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745106039     PISSN: 1366879X     EISSN: 14696703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668790600694477     Document Type: Note

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