Lessons From Hurricane Katrina for American Life - Rebuilding the Gulf: Case Study for the Future

Topics:
Disaster Planning and Management,
Risk Analysis and Management
Tags:
Hurricane Katrina,
Management,
Security,
Strategy,
University Of Pennsylvania
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University of Pennsylvania

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Overview: While there have been and will be much-needed investigations about specific failures in preparation and responses at local, state and national levels, the disaster raises a set of much deeper questions about how one addresses risk in the society. Could the current policies and infrastructure be as vulnerable in the complex modern world as the levees meant to protect New Orleans? What public and private initiatives will be needed to truly increase security and mitigate risk in an increasingly insecure and inherently risky world? As a catastrophic failure, Katrina presents an opportunity to look at the entire public private systems for addressing risks, and perhaps build better ones.

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Format: PDF | Size: 82KB | Date: Dec 2005 | Pages: 23

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