On risk and disaster : lesson from hurricane Katrina
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BookPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania, 2006Description: 293 p.ISBN: 9780812219593.Subject(s): Governança | Risco | Política Pública | Setor Público | Setor Privado | Tomada de Decisão | Desastre | Estados Unidos| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Livro Geral | Biblioteca Graciliano Ramos | Livro Geral | 4.05O5811o (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 10011781 |
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- Part one: the challenge of the gulf - 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 - Part two: Thinking about risk - 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 - Part three: private sector strategies for managing risk - 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 - Part four: the government's role in disaster preparedness and response - Role of public health and clinical medicine in preparing for disaster - Brian Strom - Hurricane Katrina as a bureaucratic nightmare - Vicki Bier - The Katrina breakdown - Jonathan Walters and Donald F. Kettl
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