Managing Hurricane Katrina lessons from a megacrisis /
The government's response to Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history, suffered numerous criticisms. Nearly every assessment pointed to failure, from evaluations of President George W. Bush, FEMA, and the Department of Homeland Security to the state of Lo...
| Main Author: | Boin, Arjen, |
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| Other Authors: | Brown, Christer, 1980-, Richardson, James A., |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2019]
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| Physical Description: |
xvi, 277 pages ; 24 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- Hurricane Katrina revisited : reflecting on success and failure
- Why didn't they see it coming? : the challenges of timely crisis recognition
- Understanding the unimaginable : why collective sense making failed
- Who's in charge here? : coordinating a multilevel response
- Meaning making in crisis : the detrimental effects of missing narratives and escalating blame games
- Conclusion : lessons of a mega-disaster.