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Managing Hurricane Katrina - Lessons from a Megacrisis (Hardcover)
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Managing Hurricane Katrina - Lessons from a Megacrisis (Hardcover)
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The government's response to Hurricane Katrina, one of the most
devastating natural disasters in U.S. history, suffered numerous
criticisms. Nearly every assessment pointed to failure, from
evaluations of President George W. Bush, FEMA, and the Department
of Homeland Security to the state of Louisiana and the city
administration of New Orleans. In Managing Hurricane Katrina:
Lessons from a Megacrisis, Arjen Boin, Christer Brown, and James A.
Richardson deliver a more nuanced examination of the storm's
aftermath than the ones anchored in public memory, and identify
aspects of management that offer more positive examples of
leadership than bureaucratic and media reports indicated. Katrina
may be the most extensively studied disaster to date, but the
authors argue that many academic conclusions are inaccurate or
contradictory when examined in concert. Drawing on insights from
crisis and disaster management studies, Boin, Brown, and Richardson
apply a clear framework to objectively analyze the actions of
various officials and organizations during and after Katrina. They
specify critical factors that determine the successes and failures
of a societal response to catastrophes and demonstrate how to
utilize their framework in future superdisasters. Going beyond
previous assessments, Managing Hurricane Katrina reconsiders the
role of government in both preparing for a megacrisis and building
an effective response network at a time when citizens need it most.
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