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Natural Disaster Analysis after Hurricane Katrina - Risk Assessment, Economic Impacts and Social Implications (Hardcover)
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Natural Disaster Analysis after Hurricane Katrina - Risk Assessment, Economic Impacts and Social Implications (Hardcover)
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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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