Steinberg, Ted (Author)
Ermus, Cindy (Editor)
Hurricanes, floods, oil spills, disease, and disappearing wetlands are some of the many environmental disasters that impact the Gulf South. The contributors to Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South explore the threat, frequency, and management of this region’s disasters from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Scholars from the fields of history, sociology, and anthropology examine the underlying causes of vulnerability to natural hazards in the coastal states while also suggesting ways to increase resilience.Greg O’Brien considers the New Orleans flood of 1849; Andy Horowitz, the Galveston storm of 1900; and Christopher M. Church, the 1928 hurricane in Florida and the Caribbean. Urmi Engineer Willoughby delves into the turn-of-the-century yellow fever outbreaks in New Orleans and local attempts to eradicate them, while Abraham H. Gibson and Cindy Ermus discuss the human introduction of invasive species and their long-term impact on the region’s ecosystem. Roberto E. Barrios looks at political-ecological susceptibility in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward, and Kevin Fox Gotham treats storm- and flood-defense infrastructures. In his afterword, Ted Steinberg ponders what the future holds when the capitalist state supports an unwinnable battle between land developers and nature.These case studies offer new ways of understanding humans’ interactions with the unique, and at times unforgiving, environment of the Gulf South. These lessons are particularly important as we cope with the effects of climate change and seek to build resilience and reduce vulnerability through enhanced awareness, adequate preparation, and efficient planning.
...MoreReview James C. Giesen (2020) Review of "Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Two Centuries of Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience". Journal of American History (pp. 1033-1034).
Review Sherry Johnson (2019) Review of "Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Two Centuries of Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience". Journal of Interdisciplinary History (pp. 134-136).
Review Jason Hauser (2019) Review of "Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Two Centuries of Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience". Journal of Southern History (pp. 145-147).
Review Rebecca H Bond (April 2019) Review of "Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Two Centuries of Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience". Environmental History (pp. 395-396).
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James B. McSwain;
(2018)
Petroleum and Public Safety: Risk Management in the Gulf South, 1901-2015
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Article
Wassel, Raymond;
(Fall 2012)
Lessons from the Macondo Well Blowout in the Gulf of Mexico
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Article
Richard M. Mizelle;
(2020)
Hurricane Katrina, Diabetes, and the Meaning of Resiliency
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Article
Besley, John C.;
Oh, Sang-Hwa;
(2013)
The Combined Impact of Attention to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Environmental Worldview on Views About Nuclear Energy
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Book
Keeling, Arlene W.;
Barbra Mann Wall;
(2015)
Nurses and Disasters: Global, Historical Case Studies
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Book
Barnes, Jay;
(2013)
North Carolina's Hurricane History: Fourth Edition, Updated with a Decade of New Storms from Isabel to Sandy
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Article
Baecher, Gregory;
Bensi, Michelle;
Reilly, Allison;
Phillips, Brian;
Link, Lewis (Ed);
Knight, Sandra;
Galloway, Gerald D.;
(Summer 2019)
Resiliently Engineered Flood and Hurricane Infrastructure: Principles to Guide the Next Generation of Engineers
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Article
Shrum, Wesley;
(2014)
What Caused the Flood? Controversy and Closure in the Hurricane Katrina Disaster
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Chapter
Eleonora Rohland;
(2016)
Hurricanes on the Gulf Coast: Environmental Knowledge and Science in Louisiana, the Caribbean, and the United States, 1722–1900
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Book
Theriot, Jason P.;
(2014)
American Energy, Imperiled Coast: Oil and Gas Development in Louisiana's Wetlands
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Book
Andy Horowitz;
(2020)
Katrina: A History, 1915–2015
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Thesis
Spezio, Teresa Sabol;
(2011)
Rising Tide: The Santa Barbara Oil Spill and Its Aftermath
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Article
Smith, S. D.;
(2012)
Storm Hazard and Slavery: The Impact of the 1831 Great Caribbean Hurricane on St. Vincent
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Chapter
Janna Dieckmann;
(2015)
The 1913 Flood in Ohio, USA
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Article
Mosley, Stephen;
(2014)
Coastal Cities and Environmental Change
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Article
Ewen, Shane;
(2014)
Sheffield's Great Flood of 1864: Engineering Failure and the Municipalisation of Water
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Book
Norris Hundley, Jr.;
Donald C. Jackson;
(2015)
Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster
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Article
Ewen, Shane;
(2014)
Socio-Technological Disasters and Engineering Expertise in Victorian Britain: The Holmfirth and Sheffield Floods of 1852 and 1864
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Chapter
Franco Pozzati;
(2022)
L'Alluvione del Polesine del 1951: Un caso emblematico. I problemi non ancora risolti
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Book
Alessia Babetto;
(2023)
Le voci del Polesine. Letteratura, cronaca, memoria dell'alluvione in Polesine del 1951
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