Fostering Community Resilience

Tom Lansford, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, USA, Jack Covarrubias, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, USA, Brian Carriere, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, USA and Justin Miller, Mississippi College School of Law, USA

• Chapter 1 Resilience and Homeland Security; Chapter 2 Hurricane Katrina’s Impact on the Mississippi Gulf Coast; Chapter 3 The Mississippi Gulf Coast; Chapter 4 The Mississippi Gulf Coast; Chapter 5 The Mississippi Gulf Coast; Chapter 6 The Mississippi Gulf Coast; Chapter 7 Some Lessons in Resilience;

A Baker & Taylor Academic Essentials Title in Environmental and Other Disasters '...describes what is needed to help communities prepare for, withstand, and recover from disasters. Our state's recovery has been made possible by the resilience of the people who live on and near the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Valuable lessons were learned from our devastating experience that can be used to make homes, communities and states more resilient in the face of future catastrophes.' U.S. Senator Thad Cochran