• Instructional Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
New Orleans residents wait to be rescued from a rooftop two days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. AP Photo/David J. Phillipp

One of Hurricane Katrina’s most important lessons isn’t about storm preparations – it’s about injustice

Looking back on New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina is a reminder that while such hazards may be natural, the death and destruction is largely human-made.

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