What does the policy of -redlining” refer to? What are the ways in which redlining produces urban segregation? How does the case of Hurricane Katrina demonstrate that there is no such thing as a natural disaster”?

Case Study

Answer any two of the following four prompts. Your answer to each prompt must be 1.5 pages (double-spaced, with 1-inch margins in Times New Roman. 12-point font). Your total response must be no more than three pages. not including your list of references/bibliography. You must clearly specify which prompt you are responding to and your final must consist of two separate responses, each 1.5-pages long. The essay is worth 30 points. You may use AXES as a guide to structure your essays.

1. What does the policy of -redlining” refer to? What are the ways in which redlining produces urban segregation? Cite at least 1 reading and 1 lecture.
2. How does the case of Hurricane Katrina demonstrate that there is no such thing as a natural disaster”? In your answer, please discuss how Hurricane Katrina reinforced existing race, class, and gender inequalities in New Orleans. Cite at least 1 lecture and 1 reading.
3. What does the concept “migration as reparations’ mean? In your answer, please discuss the concept “migration as reparations” within the context of histories of US imperialism and climate change-induced droughts in Central America. Cite at least 1 lecture and 1 reading.
4. How does David Harvey define the concept of “the right to the city”? In your answer, discuss the ways in which the Green New Deal does (or does not) exemplify this concept. Cite at least 1 lecture and 1 reading.