On risk and disaster :  lesson from hurricane Katrina 

 - Philadelphia :  University of Pennsylvania,  2006 
 - 293 p. 
<br/><br/> - 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812219593 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Governança<br/>Risco<br/>Política Pública<br/> Setor Público<br/>Setor Privado<br/> Tomada de Decisão <br/>Desastre 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Estados Unidos