On risk and disaster : lessons from Hurricane Katrina /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Symposium on Risk and Disasters
Other Authors:	Daniels, Ronald J. (Ronald Joel), 1959-, Kettl, Donald F., Kunreuther, Howard
Format:	Conference Proceeding Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2006]
Subjects:	Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Emergency management > Gulf Coast. Crisis management in government > Gulf Coast. Disaster relief > Gulf Coast. Risk perception > Gulf Coast. Risk assessment > Gulf Coast.

Table of Contents:

On their own in battered New Orleans / Peter G. Gosselin
Using risk and decision analysis to protect New Orleans against future hurricanes / Detlof von Winterfeldt
Planning for a city on the brink / Kenneth R. Foster and Robert Giegengack
JARring actions that fuel the floods / Carolyn Kousky and Richard Zeckhauser
Behaviorally realistic risk management / Baruch Fischhoff
Rationales and instruments for government intervention in natural disasters / Michael J. Trebilcock and Ronald J. Daniels
Social inequality, hazards, and disasters / Kathleen Tierney
Equity analysis and natural hazards policy / Matthew D. Adler
Why we under-prepare for hazards / Robert J. Meyer
Has the time come for comprehensive natural disaster insurance? / Howard Kunreuther
Rethinking disaster policy after Hurricane Katrina / Scott E. Harrington
Providing economic incentives to build disaster-resistant structures / Harvey G. Ryland
Role of public health and clinical medicine in preparing for disasters / Brian Strom
Hurricane Katrina as a bureaucratic nightmare / Vicki Bier
The Katrina breakdown / Jonathan Walters and Donald F. Kettl.