Cities and Disasters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781482247404)

Davia Cox Downey, PhD, is the MPA coordinator and an assistant professor of public administration at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in local politics, public policy, and public administration and has authored and coauthored journal articles, book reviews, and book chapters. Her most recent publication, "Civic Culture in Ottawa: The Endurance of Local Culture," coauthored with Laura A. Reese and Raymond Rosenfeld, can be found in Comparative Civic Culture (Ashgate Publishing, 2012). She has also written "Disaster Recovery in Black and White: A Comparison of New Orleans and Gulfport," published by the American Review of Public Administration in 2014.