Natural disaster analysis after hurricane Katrina : risk assessment, economic impacts and social implications / edited by Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon and James E. Moore II.
2008
KF3750 .N385 2008 (Mapit)
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Natural disaster analysis after hurricane Katrina : risk assessment, economic impacts and social implications / edited by Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon and James E. Moore II.
Imprint
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2008]
Copyright
©2008
Description
viii, 311 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Comprehensive disaster insurance : will it help in a post-Katrina world? / Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan
A decision analysis of options to rebuild the New Orleans flood control system / Carl Southwell and Detlof von Winterfeldt
Hurricane Katrina : lessons learned / Jiin-Jen Lee and Bennington Willardson
Katrina vs. 9/11 : how should we optimally protect against both? / Jun Zhuang and Vicki M. Bier
Worst-case thinking and official failure in Katrina / Lee Clarke
Risk, preparation, evacuation and rescue / Edd Hauser, Sherry M. Elmes and Nicholas J. Swartz
Not Katrina : the Thames Barrier decision / Chang-Hee Christine Bae and Harry W. Richardson
Is New Orleans ready to celebrate after Katrina? Evidence from Mardi Gras and the tourism industry / Kathleen Deloughery
Estimating the state-by-state economic impacts of Hurricane Katrina / Jiyoung Park, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II, Harry W. Richardson, Soojung Kim and Yunkyung Kim
Regional economic impacts of natural and man-made hazards : disrupting utility lifeline services to households / Adam Rose and Gbadebo Oladosu
Adjusting to natural disasters / V. Kerry Smith, Jared C. Carbone, Jaren C. Pope, Daniel G. Hallstrom and Michael E. Darden
Katrina : a Third World catastrophe? / Edward J. Clay
Hurricane Katrina and housing devastation, possibilities and prospects / Raphael W. Bostic and Danielle Molaison
Unnatural disaster : social impacts and policy choices after Katrina / John R. Logan.
A decision analysis of options to rebuild the New Orleans flood control system / Carl Southwell and Detlof von Winterfeldt
Hurricane Katrina : lessons learned / Jiin-Jen Lee and Bennington Willardson
Katrina vs. 9/11 : how should we optimally protect against both? / Jun Zhuang and Vicki M. Bier
Worst-case thinking and official failure in Katrina / Lee Clarke
Risk, preparation, evacuation and rescue / Edd Hauser, Sherry M. Elmes and Nicholas J. Swartz
Not Katrina : the Thames Barrier decision / Chang-Hee Christine Bae and Harry W. Richardson
Is New Orleans ready to celebrate after Katrina? Evidence from Mardi Gras and the tourism industry / Kathleen Deloughery
Estimating the state-by-state economic impacts of Hurricane Katrina / Jiyoung Park, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II, Harry W. Richardson, Soojung Kim and Yunkyung Kim
Regional economic impacts of natural and man-made hazards : disrupting utility lifeline services to households / Adam Rose and Gbadebo Oladosu
Adjusting to natural disasters / V. Kerry Smith, Jared C. Carbone, Jaren C. Pope, Daniel G. Hallstrom and Michael E. Darden
Katrina : a Third World catastrophe? / Edward J. Clay
Hurricane Katrina and housing devastation, possibilities and prospects / Raphael W. Bostic and Danielle Molaison
Unnatural disaster : social impacts and policy choices after Katrina / John R. Logan.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF3750 .N385 2008
Language
English
ISBN
9781847203571 hardback
1847203574 hardback
1847203574 hardback
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