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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, Steve, 1956-

Contributor:

Olsen, Steven.

National Academies (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural disasters.

United States--Social conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Natural disasters are having an increasing effect on the lives of people in the United States and throughout the world. Every decade, property damage caused by natural disasters and hazards doubles or triples in the United States. More than half of the U.S. population lives within 50 miles of a coast, and all Americans are at risk from such hazards as fires, earthquakes, floods, and wind. The year 2010 saw 950 natural catastrophes around the world--the second highest annual total ever--with overall losses estimated at $130 billion. The increasing impact of natural disasters and hazards points to increasing importance of resilience, the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, or more successfully adapt to actual or potential adverse events, at the individual, local, state, national, and global levels. Assessing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters reviews the effects of Hurricane Katrina and other natural and human-induced disasters on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi and to learn more about the resilience of those areas to future disasters. Topics explored in the workshop range from insurance, building codes, and critical infrastructure to private-sector issues, public health, nongovernmental organizations and governance. This workshop summary provides a rich foundation of information to help increase the nation's resilience through actionable recommendations and guidance on the best approaches to reduce adverse impacts from hazards and disasters.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613311924

9780309215305

0309215307

9781283311922

1283311925

9780309215282

0309215285

OCLC:

923284606