Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters : the Perspective from the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi : Summary of a Workshop /

Natural disasters are having an increasing effect on the lives of people in the United States and throughout the world. Every decade, property damage caused by natural disasters and hazards doubles or triples in the United States. More than half of the U.S. population lives within 50 miles of a coas...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.), National Research Council (U.S.). Disasters Roundtable
Otros Autores: Olson, Steve, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Temas:
2005
Hazardous geographic environments > Government policy > Mexico, Gulf of > Congresses.
Natural disasters > Government policy > Mexico, Gulf of > Congresses.
Crisis management in government > Louisiana > Gulf Coast > Congresses.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Congresses.
Milieux géographiques dangereux > Politique gouvernementale > Mexique, Golfe du > Congrès.
Catastrophes naturelles > Politique gouvernementale > Mexique, Golfe du > Congrès.
Administration publique > Gestion de crise > Louisiane > Mexique, Côte du golfe du > Congrès.
Ouragan Katrina, 2005 > Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Crisis management in government
Hazardous geographic environments > Government policy
Natural disasters > Government policy
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana > Gulf Coast
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • New Orleans Before and After Katrina
  • A Tour of New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
  • Insurance and Real Estate
  • Critical Infrastructure
  • Governance
  • Social Capital
  • Healthy Populations and Responsive Institutions
  • Open Meeting Discussion
  • References
  • A: Committee Biographical Information
  • B: Workshop Agenda
  • C: Biographies of Workshop Participants
  • D: Field Trip Maps.

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