Leading experts address questions of public and private roles in
assessing, managing, and mitigating major risks to public health
and safety in light of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
"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 "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 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. 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.
Contributors: Matthew Adler, Vicki Bier, Baruch Fischhoff, Kenneth
R. Foster, Robert Giegengack, Peter Gosselin, Scott E. Harrington,
Carolyn Kousky, Robert Meyer, Harvey G. Ryland, Brian L. Strom,
Kathleen Tierney, Michael J. Trebilcock, Detlof von Winterfeldt,
Jonathan Walters, Richard J. Zeckhauser. 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 Book Review,"
"Times Literary Supplement," "Washington Post," and other general
publications.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
