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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814855903321

Autore

Olson Steve <1956->

Titolo

Increasing national resilience to hazards and disasters : the perspective from the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi : summary of a workshop / / Steve Olson, rapporteur ; Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and Disasters Roundtable, the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2011

ISBN

0-309-21530-7

1-283-31192-5

9786613311924

0-309-21528-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OlsenSteven

Disciplina

363.34

Soggetti

Natural disasters

United States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Overview""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 New Orleans Before and After Katrina""; ""3 A Tour of New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast""; ""4 Insurance and Real Estate""; ""5 Critical Infrastructure""; ""6 Governance""; ""7 Social Capital""; ""8 Healthy Populations and Responsive Institutions""; ""9 Open Meeting Discussion""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Committee Biographical Information""; ""Appendix B: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix C: Biographies of Workshop Participants""; ""Appendix D: Field Trip Maps""