Disaster Evacuation and Displacement Policy: Issues for Congress
- Topics:
- Homeland Security
- Tags:
- Hurricane Katrina,
- Policy,
- Scientist,
- U.S. Congress
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Overview: The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina reaches beyond the borders of the states directly affected by the wind, rain, and floods. Many people, for a variety of reasons, chose to disregard the mandatory evacuation orders issued by state and local officials. In general, evacuation policy is set and enforced by state and local officials. Federal policy provides for various aspects of civilian evacuation. The paper explores the challenges and losses in the states affected directly or indirectly by Hurricane Katrina; they may be called upon to consider federal policy options to more fully integrate federal and state authorities.
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Format: PDF | Size: 37KB | Date: Sep 2005 | Pages: 6
