TY - JOUR
AU - Trevors, J.
AB - The Environmental Aftermath of Hurricanes: Katrina’s Lessons The devastation caused by hurricanes like Katrina (and other natural disasters) is immense not only in terms of loss of human life, injuries, suffering and grief, but also the effects on the environment. Consider just some of the environmental problems that hurricanes like Katrina cause. The loss and damage of: 1. residential housing 2. commercial buildings 3. public buildings including schools, colleges, universities and hospitals 4. public transit systems 5. sewage treatment systems 6. dams and flood control systems 7. power generation and distribution systems 8. sacred land such as cemeteries and places of worship. The contamination of: 1. drinking and recreational water with chemical and infectious organisms 2. contamination of agricultural and residential soil with toxic chemicals and in- fectious organisms 3. contamination of the environment from medical waste from hospital, diagnostic and research facilities 4. more disease outbreaks such as cholera 5. air pollution from chemical released into the environment. The task of flushing and establishing safe drinking water for each residence and buildings and ensuring proper sewage treatment are immense challenges. Other environmental problems such as the alteration of the landscape and the inability to rebuild in certain areas 
TI - Editorial
JF - Water, Air,  Soil Pollution
DO - 10.1007/s11270-005-3042-3
DA - 2005-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/editorial-YZhcP62SD7
SP - 1
EP - 1
VL - 167
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -