NATURAL DISASTER ANALYSIS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA
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- Author: HARRY W. RICHARDSON
- ISBN: 9781847203571
- Availability: In Stock
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Hurricane Katrina was a pivotal event in the history of
disaster mismanagement. Its impact will be felt well into the future and its
lessons will be applied around the world. This influential volume explores key
policy implications arising from the storm and its aftermath. Leading scholars
from fields as diverse as decision analysis, risk management, economics
engineering, transportation, urban planning and sociology investigate the
policy issues associated with insurance, flood control and the rebuilding of
levees, housing, tourism, utility lifelines recovery and resilience,
evacuation, relocation and racial implications.
By assessing the disruption of life in New
Orleans, as well as the inter-regional economic impacts of the disaster, the
authors suggest steps that can be taken to minimize future risks, not only in
New Orleans but also in all locations threatened by natural disasters. It then
goes beyond Katrina to explore experiences and responses to similar events in
other parts of the world. Another important feature is a discussion of the
overlap between terrorist-initiated disasters and natural disasters. The issues
raised by Katrina are very complex and teasing out successful policy
implications is far from easy. This book is a major advance towards that goal.