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On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Book
Howard Kunreuther, Donald Kettl, Ronald Daniels
Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2006
- Topic(s) of work
- Disaster, Management, Rebuilding, Planning, Policy, Governance, Vulnerability, Risk, Post-Disaster Recovery
Abstract
Amazon product summary-
Hurricane 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 gathers leading experts to examine lessons that Hurricane Katrina teaches us about better assessing, perceiving, and managing risks from future disasters.
In the years ahead we will inevitably face more problems like those caused by Katrina, from fire, earthquake, or even a flu pandemic. America remains in the cross hairs of terrorists, while policy makers continue to grapple with important environmental and health risks. Each of these scenarios might, in itself, be relatively unlikely to occur. But it is statistically certain that we will confront such catastrophes, or perhaps one we have never imagined, and the nation and its citizenry must be prepared to act. That is the fundamental lesson of Katrina.
The 20 contributors to this volume address questions of public and private roles in assessing, managing, and dealing with risk in American society and suggest strategies for moving ahead in rebuilding the Gulf coast.
Contents-
On their own in battered New Orleans / Peter G. Gosselin -- Using risk and decision analysis to protect New Orleans against future hurricanes / Detlof von Winterfeldt -- Planning for a city on the brink / Kenneth R. Foster and Robert Giegengack -- JARring actions that fuel the floods / Carolyn Kousky and Richard Zeckhauser -- Behaviorally realistic risk management / Baruch Fischhoff -- Rationales and instruments for government intervention in natural disasters / Michael J. Trebilcock and Ronald J. Daniels -- Social inequality, hazards, and disasters / Kathleen Tierney -- Equity analysis and natural hazards policy / Matthew D. Adler -- Why we under-prepare for hazards / Robert J. Meyer -- Has the time come for comprehensive natural disaster insurance? / Howard Kunreuther -- Rethinking disaster policy after Hurricane Katrina / Scott E. Harrington -- Providing economic incentives to build disaster-resistant structures / Harvey G. Ryland -- Role of public health and clinical medicine in preparing for disasters / Brian Strom -- Hurricane Katrina as a bureaucratic nightmare / Vicki Bier -- The Katrina breakdown / Jonathan Walters and Donald F. Kettl.
Hurricane 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 gathers leading experts to examine lessons that Hurricane Katrina teaches us about better assessing, perceiving, and managing risks from future disasters.
In the years ahead we will inevitably face more problems like those caused by Katrina, from fire, earthquake, or even a flu pandemic. America remains in the cross hairs of terrorists, while policy makers continue to grapple with important environmental and health risks. Each of these scenarios might, in itself, be relatively unlikely to occur. But it is statistically certain that we will confront such catastrophes, or perhaps one we have never imagined, and the nation and its citizenry must be prepared to act. That is the fundamental lesson of Katrina.
The 20 contributors to this volume address questions of public and private roles in assessing, managing, and dealing with risk in American society and suggest strategies for moving ahead in rebuilding the Gulf coast.
Contents-
On their own in battered New Orleans / Peter G. Gosselin -- Using risk and decision analysis to protect New Orleans against future hurricanes / Detlof von Winterfeldt -- Planning for a city on the brink / Kenneth R. Foster and Robert Giegengack -- JARring actions that fuel the floods / Carolyn Kousky and Richard Zeckhauser -- Behaviorally realistic risk management / Baruch Fischhoff -- Rationales and instruments for government intervention in natural disasters / Michael J. Trebilcock and Ronald J. Daniels -- Social inequality, hazards, and disasters / Kathleen Tierney -- Equity analysis and natural hazards policy / Matthew D. Adler -- Why we under-prepare for hazards / Robert J. Meyer -- Has the time come for comprehensive natural disaster insurance? / Howard Kunreuther -- Rethinking disaster policy after Hurricane Katrina / Scott E. Harrington -- Providing economic incentives to build disaster-resistant structures / Harvey G. Ryland -- Role of public health and clinical medicine in preparing for disasters / Brian Strom -- Hurricane Katrina as a bureaucratic nightmare / Vicki Bier -- The Katrina breakdown / Jonathan Walters and Donald F. Kettl.
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- Monographs on Katrina