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The Situational Small World of a Post-disaster Community: Insights into Information Behaviors after the Devastation of Hurricane Katrina in Slidell, Louisiana

Description: Catastrophes like Katrina destroy a community's critical infrastructure-a situation that instigates several dilemmas. Immediately, the community experiences information disruption within the community, as well as between the community and the outside world. The inability to communicate because of physical or virtual barriers to information instigates instant isolation. Prolonged, this scarcity of information becomes an information poverty spell, placing hardship on a community accustomed to eas… more
Date: December 2010
Creator: Slagle, Tisha Anne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

Description: On September 15, 2005, the House of Representatives approved H. Res. 437, which created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. According to the legislation creating it, the Select Committee was charged with conducting "a full and complete investigation and study and to report its findings to the House". Accordingly, the Select Committee presented its final Report on February 15, 2006, regarding-- (1) the development, coordination, a… more
Date: 2006
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FEMA Disaster Housing and Hurricane Katrina: Overview, Analysis, and Congressional Issues

Description: This report discusses the issues with the housing policies of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), particularly as they relate to the Post-Katrina Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-295) and the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Plan (P.L. 93-288). It includes an overview of the Stafford Act sections 403 and 408 as well as a breakdown of issues for Congress and possible Congressional approaches to address the policies.
Date: August 8, 2008
Creator: McCarthy, Francis X.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Katrina Hits]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 29, 2005
Duration: 1 minute 19 seconds
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Katrina Hits]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at
Date: August 29, 2005
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Performance Evaluation and Opportunity Assessment for St. Bernard Project

Description: This report describes efforts by IBACOS, a Department of Energy Building America research team, in the St. Bernard Project, a nonprofit, community-based organization whose mission is to assist Hurricane Katrina survivors return to their homes in the New Orleans area. The report focuses on energy modeling results of two plans that the St. Bernard Project put forth as 'typical' building types and on quality issues that were observed during the field walk and Best Practice recommendations that cou… more
Date: June 1, 2011
Creator: Dickson, B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Between Logos and Eros: New Orleans' Confrontation with Modernity

Description: This thesis examines the environmental and social consequences of maintaining the artificial divide between thinking and feeling, mind and matter, logos and eros. New Orleans, a city where the natural environment and human sensuality are both dominant forces, is used as a case study to explore the implications of our attempts to impose rational controls on nature - both physical and human nature. An analysis of New Orleans leading up to and immediately following Hurricane Katrina (2005) reveals… more
Date: May 2008
Creator: Moore, Erin Christine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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[News Clip: Bush energy]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: April 22, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: NOLA ELX]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: April 22, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: NOLA concert]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: April 23, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: ELX NOLA]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: April 23, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 36 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Failure of Initiative: The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

Description: On September 15, 2005, the House of Representatives approved H. Res. 437, which created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (“the Select Committee”). According to the resolution, the Committee was charged with conducting “a full and complete investigation and study and to report its findings to the House not later than February 15, 2006, regarding— (1) the development, coordination, and execution by local, State, and Federal autho… more
Date: February 15, 2006
Creator: United States Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: NOLA ELX]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: April 22, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: ELX NOLA]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: April 23, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 40 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Rebuilding for Sustainability: Case Studies in the Making

Description: NREL has made significant contributions to communities suffering from natural disasters since 2007 in terms of technical assistance regarding energy efficiency and renewable energy options. NREL's work has covered all aspects of energy, including energy opportunities in community planning, policy design, new program design, and specific project design and implementation for energy related to electricity generation, building energy use, and transportation. This presentation highlights work done … more
Date: June 1, 2013
Creator: Billman, L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Presentation
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Disaster Debris Removal After Hurricane Katrina: Status and Associated Issues

Description: The article talks about the impact of Hurricane Katrine and the debris that was left as a result od the destruction. It provides the background and information necessary to understand why additional funding of debris removal activities will be needed for months to come.
Date: June 16, 2006
Creator: Luther, Linda
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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