Ronald J. Daniels is Provost and Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published widely, including Rethinking the Welfare State: The Prospects for Government by Voucher (with Michael Trebilcock) and The Security of Freedom: Essays on Canada's Anti-Terrorism Bill (coedited with Patrick Macklem and Kent Roach). Donald F. Kettl, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania, has written or edited System under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics, The Global Public Management Revolution, The Politics of the Administrative Process (with James W. Fesler), The Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for the 21st Century, among many other books. Howard Kunreuther is Professor and Codirector of the Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. His has written or coedited a number of books, including Catastrophe Modeling: A New Approach to Managing Risk (with Patricia Grossi) and Wharton on Making Decisions (with Stephen Hoch). Amy Gutmann is the eighth President of the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Why Deliberative Democracy? (with Dennis Thompson), Identity in Democracy, Democratic Education, Democracy and Disagreement (with Dennis Thompson), and Color Conscious (with K. Anthony Appiah). Her reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Times Literary Supplement, Washington Post, and other general publications.

• Foreword-Amy GutmannIntroduction-Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl, and Howard KunreutherPART ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF THE GULFOn Their Own in Battered New Orleans-Peter G. GosselinUsing Risk and Decision Analysis to Protect New Orleans against Future Hurricanes-Detlof von WinterfeldtPlanning for a City on the Brink-Kenneth R. Foster and Robert GiegengackJARring Actions that Fuel the Floods-Carolyn Kousky and Richard ZeckhauserPART TWO: THINKING ABOUT RISKBehaviorally Realistic Risk Management-Baruch FischhoffRationales and Instruments for Government Intervention in Natural Disasters-Michael J. Trebilcock, and Ronald J. DanielsSocial Inequality, Hazards, and Disasters-Kathleen TierneyEquity Analysis and Natural Hazards Policy-Matthew D. AdlerPART THREE: PRIVATE SECTOR STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING RISKWhy We Under-Prepare for Hazards-Robert J. MeyerHas the Time Come for Comprehensive Natural Disaster Insurance?-Howard KunreutherRethinking Disaster Policy After Hurricane Katrina-Scott E. HarringtonProviding Economic Incentives to Build Disaster-Resistant Structures-Harvey RylandPART FOUR: THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSERole of Public Health and Clinical Medicine in Preparing for Disasters-Brian StromHurricane Katrina as a Bureaucratic Nightmare-Vicki BierThe Katrina Breakdown-Jonathan Walters and Donald F. KettlAcknowledgmentsContributors

"This volume provides important insights from the nation's leading experts on how we, as a community and nation, should be rethinking disaster assessment, prevention, and mitigation. Policymakers, legislators, business leaders, and scholars: this is a must-read." (Jon Huntsman, Jr., Governor of Utah) "An indispensable resource for all who seek to learn from the unprecedented devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. I commend the authors for recording the valuable lessons learned. Their work will assuredly help our communities be better prepared for the next catastrophe." (James Lee Witt, former Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency) "This timely volume contains valuable lessons and insights into the critical areas of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery, and risk financing. It is an eclectic blend of lessons born of practical experience and academic research that collectively provides valuable insights that policymakers and lawmakers, insurers and academic researchers can draw upon to help guide them through the difficult years that lie ahead." (Robert P. Hartwig, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Insurance Information Institute) "An enormously important volume that comes at just the right time. In the wake of Katrina, new thinking is urgently needed on how to manage catastrophic risk most effectively-especially regarding prevention and recovery. This precious volume offers insights on both fronts, with contributions from many of the nation's leading authorities on risk and disaster. It is a must-read for scholars and policymakers alike." (David A. Moss, Harvard Business School)

Ronald J. Daniels is Provost and Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published widely, including Rethinking the Welfare State: The Prospects for Government by Voucher (with Michael Trebilcock) and The Security of Freedom: Essays on Canada's Anti-Terrorism Bill (coedited with Patrick Macklem and Kent Roach). Donald F. Kettl, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania, has written or edited System under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics, The Global Public Management Revolution, The Politics of the Administrative Process (with James W. Fesler), The Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for the 21st Century, among many other books. Howard Kunreuther is Professor and Codirector of the Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. His has written or coedited a number of books, including Catastrophe Modeling: A New Approach to Managing Risk (with Patricia Grossi) and Wharton on Making Decisions (with Stephen Hoch). Amy Gutmann is the eighth President of the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Why Deliberative Democracy? (with Dennis Thompson), Identity in Democracy, Democratic Education, Democracy and Disagreement (with Dennis Thompson), and Color Conscious (with K. Anthony Appiah). Her reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Times Literary Supplement, Washington Post, and other general publications.

• Foreword-Amy GutmannIntroduction-Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl, and Howard KunreutherPART ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF THE GULFOn Their Own in Battered New Orleans-Peter G. GosselinUsing Risk and Decision Analysis to Protect New Orleans against Future Hurricanes-Detlof von WinterfeldtPlanning for a City on the Brink-Kenneth R. Foster and Robert GiegengackJARring Actions that Fuel the Floods-Carolyn Kousky and Richard ZeckhauserPART TWO: THINKING ABOUT RISKBehaviorally Realistic Risk Management-Baruch FischhoffRationales and Instruments for Government Intervention in Natural Disasters-Michael J. Trebilcock, and Ronald J. DanielsSocial Inequality, Hazards, and Disasters-Kathleen TierneyEquity Analysis and Natural Hazards Policy-Matthew D. AdlerPART THREE: PRIVATE SECTOR STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING RISKWhy We Under-Prepare for Hazards-Robert J. MeyerHas the Time Come for Comprehensive Natural Disaster Insurance?-Howard KunreutherRethinking Disaster Policy After Hurricane Katrina-Scott E. HarringtonProviding Economic Incentives to Build Disaster-Resistant Structures-Harvey RylandPART FOUR: THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSERole of Public Health and Clinical Medicine in Preparing for Disasters-Brian StromHurricane Katrina as a Bureaucratic Nightmare-Vicki BierThe Katrina Breakdown-Jonathan Walters and Donald F. KettlAcknowledgmentsContributors

"This volume provides important insights from the nation's leading experts on how we, as a community and nation, should be rethinking disaster assessment, prevention, and mitigation. Policymakers, legislators, business leaders, and scholars: this is a must-read." (Jon Huntsman, Jr., Governor of Utah) "An indispensable resource for all who seek to learn from the unprecedented devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. I commend the authors for recording the valuable lessons learned. Their work will assuredly help our communities be better prepared for the next catastrophe." (James Lee Witt, former Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency) "This timely volume contains valuable lessons and insights into the critical areas of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery, and risk financing. It is an eclectic blend of lessons born of practical experience and academic research that collectively provides valuable insights that policymakers and lawmakers, insurers and academic researchers can draw upon to help guide them through the difficult years that lie ahead." (Robert P. Hartwig, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Insurance Information Institute) "An enormously important volume that comes at just the right time. In the wake of Katrina, new thinking is urgently needed on how to manage catastrophic risk most effectively-especially regarding prevention and recovery. This precious volume offers insights on both fronts, with contributions from many of the nation's leading authorities on risk and disaster. It is a must-read for scholars and policymakers alike." (David A. Moss, Harvard Business School)

Ronald J. Daniels is Provost and Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published widely, including Rethinking the Welfare State: The Prospects for Government by Voucher (with Michael Trebilcock) and The Security of Freedom: Essays on Canada's Anti-Terrorism Bill (coedited with Patrick Macklem and Kent Roach). Donald F. Kettl, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania, has written or edited System under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics, The Global Public Management Revolution, The Politics of the Administrative Process (with James W. Fesler), The Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for the 21st Century, among many other books. Howard Kunreuther is Professor and Codirector of the Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. His has written or coedited a number of books, including Catastrophe Modeling: A New Approach to Managing Risk (with Patricia Grossi) and Wharton on Making Decisions (with Stephen Hoch). Amy Gutmann is the eighth President of the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Why Deliberative Democracy? (with Dennis Thompson), Identity in Democracy, Democratic Education, Democracy and Disagreement (with Dennis Thompson), and Color Conscious (with K. Anthony Appiah). Her reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Times Literary Supplement, Washington Post, and other general publications.

• Foreword-Amy GutmannIntroduction-Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl, and Howard KunreutherPART ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF THE GULFOn Their Own in Battered New Orleans-Peter G. GosselinUsing Risk and Decision Analysis to Protect New Orleans against Future Hurricanes-Detlof von WinterfeldtPlanning for a City on the Brink-Kenneth R. Foster and Robert GiegengackJARring Actions that Fuel the Floods-Carolyn Kousky and Richard ZeckhauserPART TWO: THINKING ABOUT RISKBehaviorally Realistic Risk Management-Baruch FischhoffRationales and Instruments for Government Intervention in Natural Disasters-Michael J. Trebilcock, and Ronald J. DanielsSocial Inequality, Hazards, and Disasters-Kathleen TierneyEquity Analysis and Natural Hazards Policy-Matthew D. AdlerPART THREE: PRIVATE SECTOR STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING RISKWhy We Under-Prepare for Hazards-Robert J. MeyerHas the Time Come for Comprehensive Natural Disaster Insurance?-Howard KunreutherRethinking Disaster Policy After Hurricane Katrina-Scott E. HarringtonProviding Economic Incentives to Build Disaster-Resistant Structures-Harvey RylandPART FOUR: THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSERole of Public Health and Clinical Medicine in Preparing for Disasters-Brian StromHurricane Katrina as a Bureaucratic Nightmare-Vicki BierThe Katrina Breakdown-Jonathan Walters and Donald F. KettlAcknowledgmentsContributors

"This volume provides important insights from the nation's leading experts on how we, as a community and nation, should be rethinking disaster assessment, prevention, and mitigation. Policymakers, legislators, business leaders, and scholars: this is a must-read." (Jon Huntsman, Jr., Governor of Utah) "An indispensable resource for all who seek to learn from the unprecedented devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. I commend the authors for recording the valuable lessons learned. Their work will assuredly help our communities be better prepared for the next catastrophe." (James Lee Witt, former Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency) "This timely volume contains valuable lessons and insights into the critical areas of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery, and risk financing. It is an eclectic blend of lessons born of practical experience and academic research that collectively provides valuable insights that policymakers and lawmakers, insurers and academic researchers can draw upon to help guide them through the difficult years that lie ahead." (Robert P. Hartwig, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Insurance Information Institute) "An enormously important volume that comes at just the right time. In the wake of Katrina, new thinking is urgently needed on how to manage catastrophic risk most effectively-especially regarding prevention and recovery. This precious volume offers insights on both fronts, with contributions from many of the nation's leading authorities on risk and disaster. It is a must-read for scholars and policymakers alike." (David A. Moss, Harvard Business School)