New Orleans expert delivers lecture about race and relief after flooding
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Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Craig E. Colten, the Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography at Louisiana State University and a leading expert on the geographical and social/racial issues that complicate the recovery of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina, shared his unique perspective on the aftermath of the tragedy during a lecture at Vanderbilt Law School Jan. 26." Colten provides a history of flooding, levee construction and the provision of social services in New Orleans. Poverty shaped the geography of vulnerability in New Orleans.
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Vanderbilt University podcast episode.