This paper argues that Hurricane Katrina presents a challenge to, and an opportunity for, urban political analysis. It starts with the presumption that Katrina represents a failure of governments at all levels to provide for the basic needs of their citizens. The paper proposes that, to...

The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (AMP) has been identified as a model for natural resource management. We challenge that assertion, citing the lack of progress toward a long-term management plan for the dam, sustained extra-programmatic conflict, and a downriver ecology that is...