Natural Disaster Analysis after Hurricane Katrina

Risk Assessment, Economic Impacts and Social Implications

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

AvHarry W, Richardson,Peter Gordon,James E. Moore II

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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.Academics interested in the economics, policy, and planning aspects of natural and man-made disasters, specialists in emergency management and policymakers will find the insights and prescriptions offered here invaluable.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-07-31
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781848447769

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Contents: Preface1. IntroductionHarry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon and James E. Moore II2. Comprehensive Disaster Insurance: Will it Help in a Post-Katrina World?Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan 3. A Decision Analysis of Options to Rebuild the New Orleans Flood Control SystemCarl Southwell and Detlof von Winterfeldt 4. Hurricane Katrina: Lessons LearnedJiin-Jen Lee and Bennington Willardson5. Katrina vs. 9/11: How Should we Optimally Protect Against Both?Jun Zhuang and Vicki M. Bier6. Worst-Case Thinking and Official Failure in KatrinaLee Clarke 7. Risk, Preparation, Evacuation and RescueEdd Hauser, Sherry M. Elmes and Nicholas J. Swartz 8. Not Katrina: The Thames Barrier DecisionChang-Hee Christine Bae and Harry W. Richardson9. Is New Orleans Ready to Celebrate After Katrina? Evidence from Mardi Gras and the Tourism IndustryKathleen Deloughery 10. Estimating the State-by-State Economic Impacts of Hurricane KatrinaJiyoung Park, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II, Harry W. Richardson, Soojung Kim and Yunkyung Kim11. Regional Economic Impacts of Natural and Man-Made Hazards: Disrupting Utility Lifeline Services to HouseholdsAdam Rose and Gbadebo Oladosu 12. Adjusting to Natural DisastersV. Kerry Smith, Jared C. Carbone, Jaren C. Pope, Daniel G. Hallstrom and Michael E. Darden 13. Katrina: A Third World Catastrophe?Edward J. Clay 14. Hurricane Katrina and Housing: Devastation, Possibilities andProspectsRaphael W. Bostic and Danielle Molaison 15. Unnatural Disaster: Social Impacts and Policy Choices after KatrinaJohn R. LoganIndex

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