MIT Libraries homeMIT Libraries logoDSpace@MIT

MIT
View Item 
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • MIT Libraries
  • MIT Theses
  • Theses - Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning
  • Urban Studies and Planning - Master's degree
  • View Item
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • MIT Libraries
  • MIT Theses
  • Theses - Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning
  • Urban Studies and Planning - Master's degree
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Rights-based evaluation of government responses to a given 'natural' disaster : Katrina as case study

Author(s)
Haeffner, Melissa (Melissa Ann)
Thumbnail
DownloadFull printable version (6.407Mb)
Other Contributors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
Advisor
Balakrishnan Rajagopal.
Terms of use
M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
Disaster impacts human mobility and a rights-based approach to disaster response is needed to protect the human rights of those who seek migration as an adaptation strategy. This paper deals with returning to a place after a catastrophic environmental disaster when the dynamics of that place call into question the tenability of place. The overarching question of the research is "How is disaster socially constructed at the largest societal scales and how do differences in these interpretations interact in a crisis?" Specifically, I break down this broad framework into two main questions: How does the United States federal government situate itself it terms of taking responsibility for displaced persons to return to their home? How are international laws and customary norms socially constructed around rights and return? This paper takes as a case study the legacy of Hurricane Katrina. This paper argues that the right to return is an obligation to return displaced persons to a state of dignity, not necessarily a specific geographic location.
Description
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2010.
 
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-90).
 
Date issued
2010
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59726
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Urban Studies and Planning.

Collections
  • Urban Studies and Planning - Master's degree
  • Urban Studies and Planning - Master's degree

Browse

All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Statistics

OA StatisticsStatistics by CountryStatistics by Department
MIT Libraries homeMIT Libraries logo

Find us on

Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube RSS

MIT Libraries navigation

SearchHours & locationsBorrow & requestResearch supportAbout us
PrivacyPermissionsAccessibility
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Content created by the MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC unless otherwise noted. Notify us about copyright concerns.