William Freudenburg

Quick Facts

Full Name	William Freudenburg
Occupation	Sociologist
Date Of Birth	Nov 2, 1951(1951-11-02)
Age	73
Date Of Death	December 28, 2010, Santa Barbara, CA
Birthplace	Madison
Country	United States
Birth City	Wisconsin
Horoscope	Scorpio

William Freudenburg Biography

William Freudenburg is one of the most popular and richest Sociologist who was born on November 2, 1951 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

“Catastrophe” was written with Robert Gramling, Shirley B. Laska, and Kai T. Erikson. It was published in August 2009, on the fourth anniversary of Katrina: Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow. (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2009). Unlike most “Katrina” books, which tend to focus on the hurricane’s aftermath, this one discusses the ways in which public works projects—supposedly designed to bring greater prosperity to New Orleans—actually had little if any economic benefits, while potentially contributing to the storm’s devastation. Particularly noteworthy in this connection was the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Canal (MRGO), which did little to serve as an “outlet” for commerce, but did serve as a major inlet for salt water, which killed much of the vegetation that held together the fragile but formerly healthy wetlands to the southeast of New Orleans. Providing the reader with New Orleans history, engineering data, and scholarly analysis, the authors argue that land development in the region led to the creation of several canals intended to promote economic prosperity, which ironically resulted in the intended economic capital was never realized due to the excessive maintenance costs. Instead, significant human capital was lost in 2005 as the canals and their subsequent environmental degradation exacerbated the impact of Katrina and her deadly floodwaters.

Freudenburg’s final published book, written with long-time collaborator Robert Gramling, was released in October 2010. Blowout in the Gulf: The BP Oil Spill Disaster and the Future of Energy in America (Cambridge MIT Press) puts the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in historical and policy perspective.

William Freudenburg Net Worth

William Freudenburg is one of the richest Sociologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, William Freudenburg 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

William Robert (‘Bill’) Freudenburg, (2 November 1951 – 28 December 2010) was an environmental sociologist and social theorist, best known for his work in rural sociology on the topics of risk perception, social disruption, and the causes of environmental degradation. Born in Madison, Nebraska, raised in West Point, Nebraska, he was educated at the University of Nebraska and Yale University. Freudenburg was a professor of sociology at a number of universities; his ultimate position was as Dehlsen Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He died at his home in Santa Barbara, of cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the bile duct).

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