On Risk and Disaster : Lessons from Hurricane Katrina /

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Named one of Planetizen's Top 10 Books of 2006Hurricane Katrina not only devastated a large area of the nation's Gulf coast, it also raised fundamental questions about ways the nation can, and should, deal with the inevitable problems of economic risk and social responsibility. This volume...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Adler, Matthew D. (Contribuidor), Bier, Vicki (Contribuidor), Daniels, Ronald J. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Fischhoff, Baruch (Contribuidor), Foster, Kenneth R. (Contribuidor), Giegengack, Robert (Contribuidor), Gosselin, Peter G. (Contribuidor), Gutmann, Amy (Contribuidor), Harrington, Scott E. (Contribuidor), Kettl, Donald F. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Kousky, Carolyn (Contribuidor), Kunreuther, Howard (Contribuidor, Editor ), Meyer, Robert J. (Contribuidor), Ryland, Harvey G. (Contribuidor), Strom, Brian (Contribuidor), Tierney, Kathleen (Contribuidor), Trebilcock, Michael J. (Contribuidor), Walters, Jonathan (Contribuidor), Winterfeldt, Detlof Von (Contribuidor), Zeckhauser, Richard (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]
Temas:
Crisis management in government > Gulf Coast (U.S.).
Crisis management in government > Gulf Coast.
Disaster relief > Gulf Coast (U.S.).
Disaster relief > Gulf Coast.
Emergency management > Gulf Coast (U.S.).
Emergency management > Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Risk assessment > Gulf Coast (U.S.).
Risk assessment > Gulf Coast.
Risk perception > Gulf Coast (U.S.).
Risk perception > Gulf Coast.
Economics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.
Business.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
Technology and Engineering.
Urban Studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part One .The Challenge of the Gulf
  • On Their Own in Battered New Orleans
  • Using Risk and Decision Analysis to Protect New Orleans Against Future Hurricanes
  • Planning for a City on the Brink
  • JARring Actions That Fuel the Floods
  • Part Two. Thinking About Risk
  • Behaviorally Realistic Risk Managelllent
  • Rationales and Instruments for Government Intervention in Natural Disasters
  • Social Inequality, Hazards, and Disasters
  • Equity Analysis and Natural Hazards Policy
  • Part Three. Private Sector Strategies for Managing Risk
  • Why We Under-Prepare for Hazards
  • Has the Time Come for Comprehensive Natural Disaster Insurance?
  • Rethinking Disaster Policy After Hurricane Katrina
  • Providing Econolllic Incentives to Build Disaster-Resistant Structures
  • Part Four. The Government's Role in Disaster Preparedness and Response
  • Role of Public Health and Clinical Medicine in Preparing for Disasters
  • Hurricane Katrina as a Bureaucratic Nightmare
  • The Katrina Breakdown
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors

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