Contaminants in the air and soil in New Orleans after the flood: Opportunities and limitations for community empowerment

Race, Place, and Environmental Justice after Hurricane Katrina: Struggles to Reclaim, Rebuild, and Revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 115-138

  Godsil, Rachel ^a   Huang, Albert ^b   Solomon, Gina ^b  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429497858     Document Type: Chapter

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