This article wakes up the reader’s perspective of how natural disasters can be steepened by the hubris of politicians in control; they’d rather worry about attracting growth to a city without considering the safety repercussions of its citizens. The article gives specific examples of exactly how the politicians failed the citizens. The disaster of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, and the flooding along the Mississippi River, was extremely disastrous to humans and the environment. Freudenburg says, “In very real senses, these have been floods of folly, created not just by extreme weather events, but by deadly and avoidable patterns of political-economic choices.” (p. 1). Freudenburg determines with such “floods of folly” that these similar paradigms deserve more consideration in different perspectives.
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2). On with the existing literature, Freudenburg writes about different sociologists who emphasize the economic impact by humans who exceed biophysical environmental expectations. Freudenburg demonstrates how political leaders push for economic growth, no matter the cost, ignoring the fact of possible tragedy by using the well-known examples of the flooding of the Mississippi River and the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina. Freudenburg goes in depth in both examples, but specifically, about the Mississippi River, he shines the light on the dark federal groups and agencies that promote development on floodplains and wetlands. The government makes hazardous land valuable, despite the cost society has to pay for it. On the other hand, when Freudenburg exemplifies the Hurricane Katrina disaster he writes how the development of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet was supposed to be very profitable, but in turn was anything but profitable and was the main cause of the flooding
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2). On with the existing literature, Freudenburg writes about different sociologists who emphasize the economic impact by humans who exceed biophysical environmental expectations. Freudenburg demonstrates how political leaders push for economic growth, no matter the cost, ignoring the fact of possible tragedy by using the well-known examples of the flooding of the Mississippi River and the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina. Freudenburg goes in depth in both examples, but specifically, about the Mississippi River, he shines the light on the dark federal groups and agencies that promote development on floodplains and wetlands. The government makes hazardous land valuable, despite the cost society has to pay for it. On the other hand, when Freudenburg exemplifies the Hurricane Katrina disaster he writes how the development of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet was supposed to be very profitable, but in turn was anything but profitable and was the main cause of the flooding