Rogers, J. Memo on Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans and Gulf Reconstruction . COWS, 2005.
Released September 11, 2005, Joel Rogers offers his insight on Hurricane Katrina proposing that the disaster following the storm is a result of a region made vulnerable to the effects of a hurricane because of low-road development, such as unregulated construction and other development, low wages and concentrated poverty, disrespect for nature, starved and unaccountable government agencies without much serious interest in or capacity for planning.