| Description |
332 pages : charts ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,
0002-7162 ;
v. 604
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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 604.
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| Note |
"March 2006." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The political costs of failure in the Katrina and Rita disasters / William L. Waugh Jr. -- President Bush and Hurricane Katrina : a presidential leadership study / Richard T. Sylves -- Metaphors matter : disaster myths, media frames, and their consequences in Hurricane Katrina / Kathleen Tierney, Christine Bevc, and Erica Kuligowski -- Rising to the challenges of a catastrophe : the emergent and prosocial behavior following Hurricane Katrina / Havidan Rodriguez, Joseph Trainor, and Enrico L. Quarantelli -- Moral hazard, social catastrophe : the changing face of vulnerability along the hurricane coasts / Susan L. Cutter and Christopher T. Emrich -- Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans : emergent issues in sheltering and temporary housing / Joanne M. Nigg, John Barnshaw, and Manuel R. Torres -- Weathering the storm : the impact of hurricanes on physical and mental health / Linda B. Bourque...[et. al.] -- Challenges in implementing disaster mental health programs : state program directors' perspectives / Carrie L. Elrod, Jessica L. Hamblen, and Fran H. Norris -- Hurricane Katrina and the paradoxes of government disaster policy : bringing about wise governmental decisions for hazardous areas / Raymond J. Burby -- Planning for postdisaster resiliency / Philip R. Berke and Thomas J. Campanella -- Disaster mitigation and insurance : learning from Katrina / Howard Kunreuther -- The primacy of partnership : scoping a new national disaster recovery policy / James K. Mitchell -- Agility and discipline : critical success factors for disaster response / John R. Harrald -- Is the worst yet to come? / Donald F. Kettl -- Quick read synopsis. Shelter from the storm : repairing the national management system after Hurricane Katrina. Disaster mitigation and disaster response recommendations. |
| Summary |
"The articles in this volume address some of the more serious issues raised by Katrina, including the responsibility of public officials to ensure that the system works, the president's role in disasters and his role in the Katrina disaster, disaster myths and the erroneous assumptions that underlie our current programs, emergent and prosocial behavior in disasters, individual and community vulnerabilities, the sheltering and housing of very large numbers of evacuees, physical and mental health impacts of disaster, the need to manage hazardous areas better, the need to promote disaster resiliency to facilitate recovery, the need to mitigate hazards and ensure against losses, the need to develop national partnerships for disaster recovery, the need to organize emergency response and emergency management effectively to ensure agility and discipline, and the need to work effectively within the nations's federal system with its shared responsibility for homeland security and emergency management" -- p.9 |
| Subject |
Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States.
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Emergency management -- Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Emergency management. |
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Emergency management -- United States -- Decision making.
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Decision making. |
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Disaster relief -- Government policy -- United States.
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Disaster relief -- Government policy. |
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Disaster relief -- United States -- Decision making.
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Disaster relief. |
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United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency -- Evaluation.
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United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency. |
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Evaluation. |
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United States. Department of Homeland Security -- Evaluation.
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United States. Department of Homeland Security. |
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Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
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Hurricane Katrina (2005) |
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Floods -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Floods. |
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Louisiana -- New Orleans. |
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Hurricane protection -- Government policy -- United States.
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Hurricane protection -- Government policy. |
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Hurricane protection. |
| Added Author |
Waugh, William L.
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American Academy of Political and Social Science.
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| Added Title |
Repairing the national emergency management system after Hurricane Katrina |
| ISBN |
1412941326 paper |
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1412941318 cloth |
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