Disaster Recovery Through the Lens of Justice

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Recovery, Resilience, Vulnerability, and Justice

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3. Deserving Victims and Post-Disaster Fraud

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4. Survivor Agency

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5. Public Policy and Legislation

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6. Implementation Challenges

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7. Disaster Risk Reduction and Creation

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8. Disparate Outcomes

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9. Conclusion: Resilience for Whom?

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10. Back Matter

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There has been increased attention to the topics of disaster recovery and disaster resilience over the past several years, particularly as catastrophic events such as Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy have brought to light the increasing vulnerability of so many communities. This manuscript brings together existing research, along with policy analysis, in order to look at disaster recovery through the lens of justice. This includes understanding the mechanisms through which vulnerability is exacerbated, and the extent to which the regulations and agency cultures drive this outcome. While existing analyses have sought to understand the particular characteristics of both resilient and vulnerable communities, there have been few attempts to understand the systemic inequities and injustice that is built into United States disaster policies, programs, and legislation. This manuscript thus begins from the understanding that social and economic structures, including land use policies andhistoric practices such as redlining, have concentrated hazard risk into vulnerable zones whose inhabitants do not benefit from the very policies that create and increase their risk.  

• Disaster Recovery
• NGO assistance
• Post-Disaster Fraud
• corrosive community
• deserving victim
• survivor agency
• public policy legislation
• implementation practices
• disaster risk reduction
• resilience

• Jacksonville State University, Metairie, LA, USA

  Alessandra Jerolleman

Alessandra Jerolleman is an Assistant Professor at Jacksonville University, USA, and an Applied Researcher at the Lowlander Center in Louisiana, USA. Dr. Jerolleman is a subject matter expert in climate adaptation, hazard mitigation, and resilience with a long history of working in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. 

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