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Space and Culture, Vol. 9, No. 1, 74-76 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1206331205283725
© 2006 SAGE Publications

The Shock of a Social Disaster in an Age of (Nonsocial) Risk

Adam Burgess

University of Kent

The distinctly socially differentiated impact of the New Orleans flood stands in marked contrast to the nonsocial character of disasters and inquiries we have become accustomed to in the "risk society."

Key Words: New Orleans • Hurricane Katrina • risk • social


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