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On risk and disaster : lessons from hurricane katrina /

Leading experts address questions of public and private roles in assessing, managing, and mitigating major risks to public health and safety in light of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

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Corporate Authors:	De Gruyter.
Group Author:	Daniels, Ronald J.; Kettl, Donald F.; Kunreuther, Howard
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address:	Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates:	[2006] ©2006
Literature type:	eBook
Language:	English
Subjects:	Crisis management in government > Gulf Coast (U.S.) Disaster relief > Gulf Coast (U.S.) Emergency management > Gulf Coast (U.S.) Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Risk assessment > Gulf Coast (U.S.) Risk perception > Gulf Coast (U.S.) Crisis management in government. Disaster relief. Emergency management. Political Science, other. Political science. Risk Assessment. Risk perception. Social sciences. Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen. POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > General.
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812205473 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812205473.jpg
Summary:	Leading experts address questions of public and private roles in assessing, managing, and mitigating major risks to public health and safety in light of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Carrier Form:	1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:	9780812205473
Index Number:	HV636 2005
CLC:	D771.27
Contents:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Introduction / 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 / Behaviorally Realistic Risk Managelllent / Rationales and Instruments for Government Intervention in Natural Disasters / Social Inequality, Hazards, and Disasters / Equity Analysis and Natural Hazards Policy / 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 / Role of Public Health and Clinical Medicine in Preparing for Disasters / Hurricane Katrina as a Bureaucratic Nightmare / The Katrina Breakdown / Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors.