Hurricane Andrew, the public schools, and the rebuilding of community / / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., Sandra H. Fradd

• Autore: Provenzo Eugene F
• Pubblicazione: Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 1995; ©1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (v, 177 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 371/.01/0975938
• Soggetto topico: Public schools - Florida - Miami-Dade County; Community and school - Florida - Miami-Dade County; Hurricane Andrew, 1992
• Altri autori: FraddSandra H. <1941->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-172) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction 1. Hurricane Andrew and south Florida: the beginning 2. Emergency plans of the school system and its initial response 3. The immediate impact of hurricane Andrew on families and children in south Florida 4. The opening of the school scoping with the aftermath 5. The ongoing rebuilding process 6. The year's end at Bowman Foster Ashe and Gilbert L. Porter elementary schools 7. Pine Villa elementary school 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book shows how schools help people to cope with disasters and rebuild their communities. Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida early on Monday morning, August 24, 1992. Widely described as the worst natural disaster in modern U.S. history, the storm left 38 people dead in South Florida, 80,000 homes destroyed, and damage estimates of at least billion. The area devastated by the hurricane was approximately three times the size of Manhattan. Almost 250,000 people were left homeless by Andrew--roughly the population of the entire city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Garbage generated by the storm in a single night was equal to the projected landfill for Dade County for the next thirty years. Hurricane Andrew, the Public Schools and the Rebuilding of Community addresses the experience of the Dade County Public Schools--its teachers and students, administrators and staff--during the first school year following the storm. In particular, it examines the role of the schools in helping people cope with a disaster of the magnitude of Hurricane Andrew, and more specifically, with their role in rebuilding community. ... Publisher description
• Altri titoli varianti: Hurricane Andrew, the public schools, & the rebuilding of community
• Titolo autorizzato: Hurricane Andrew, the public schools, and the rebuilding of community
• ISBN: 1-4384-1652-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822770703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series, education and culture.