HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE FORGOTTEN COAST OF MISSISSIPPI
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, 2018
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- Title
- HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE FORGOTTEN COAST OF MISSISSIPPI
- Author
- Cutter, Susan L.; Emrich, Christopher T.; Mitchell, Jerry T.; Piegorsch, Walter W.; Smith, Mark M.; Weber, Lynn
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year
- 2018
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- Soft cover
- Language
- English
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- 1108446531
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- 9781108446532
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About the Author
Christopher T. Emrich is a Research Assistant Professor in the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute at the University of South Carolina. His primary research interests are in the development and application of geospatial technologies in emergency management. He has taught at the University of South Florida and worked for the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) as a Mitigation GIS Specialist at the Florida Disaster Field Office (2004–5), GIS Unit Leader for the Jackson Mississippi Joint Field Office (2006), GIS Unit Leader for the Florida Long Term Recovery Office (2006–7), and as a geospatial liaison to FEMA headquarters for the New Orleans Gulf Coast Recovery Office during the run-up to the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Jerry T. Mitchell is the Director of the Center of Excellence for Geographic Education and a Research Associate Professor at the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, both at the University of South Carolina. He is also editor of the Journal of Geography. His primary research interests lie in cultural responses to disaster, the use of geospatial technologies for vulnerability assessments, and hazards education. Prior to joining the University of South Carolina faculty in 2004, he was an Associate Professor of Geography at Bloomsburg University. He was awarded a Distinguished Teaching Achievement award from the National Council for Geographic Education in 2012.
Walter W. Piegorsch is the Director of Statistical Research and Education at the University of Arizona's BIO5 Institute. He is also a Professor of Mathematics, Professor of Public Health, and former Chair of the University's Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Statistics, and he holds accreditation as a Professional Statistician from the American Statistical Association. His research focuses on environmental data analytics, with emphasis on environmental hazards and risk assessment. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Environmetrics, former joint-editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods Section) and has served on numerous other editorial and scientific review boards. His most recent book is Encyclopedia of Environmetrics, 2nd edition (2012).
Mark M. Smith is Carolina Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. A specialist in southern history, race relations and sensory history, he has authored or edited a dozen books, including, most recently, Camille, 1969: Histories of a Hurricane (2011). His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Times, Science, Brain, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. A former president of The Historical Society, Professor Smith has lectured in China, Australia, Europe, and throughout the United States. He regularly reviews books for The Wall Street Journal.
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