Soaking the middle class : suburban inequality and recovery from disaster /

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"Soaking the Middle Class is about many families recovered from Hurricane Harvey. The book focuses on households in Friendswood, TX, a middle-class suburb of Houston, because places like Friendswood are becoming more vulnerable to climate-related disasters. How does this vulnerability play out?...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rhodes, Anna Catherine (Autor), Besbris, Max (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2022]
Edición:First.
Temas:
2017
Middle class > Texas > Economic conditions.
Middle class > United States > Economic conditions.
Middle class families > Texas > Economic conditions.
Middle class families > United States > Economic conditions.
Disaster victims > Economic aspects > United States.
Natural disasters > Economic aspects > Texas.
Natural disasters > Economic aspects > United States.
Hurricane Harvey, 2017.
Hurricanes > Economic aspects > Texas.
Hurricane damage > Economic aspects > Texas.
Disaster relief > Economic aspects > United States.
Disaster relief > Economic aspects.
Hurricanes > Economic aspects.
Middle class > Economic conditions.
Natural disasters > Economic aspects.
Texas.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The changing middle class in Friendswood, Texas
  • "A slow-motion disaster"
  • Why do people return to vulnerable places?
  • Help-seeking and the local ecology of aid
  • Growing inequality during recovery
  • Risk, uncertainty, and future residential plans.

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