On risk and disaster : lessons from Hurricane Katrina / edited by Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl, and Howard Kunreuther ; foreword by Amy Gutmann.

Essays published in association with the National Symposium on Risk and Disasters (Dec. 2005, Washington, D.C.), organized by the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with Congressional quarterly and the Communications Institute.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-286)

Foreword / Amy Gutmann -- Introduction / Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl, and Howard Kunreuther -- 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 Ryland -- PART FOUR: THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE -- Role of Public Health and Clinical Medicine in Preparing for Disasters / Brian Strom -- Hurricane Katrina as a Bureaucratic Nightmare / Vicki Bier -- The Katrina Breakdown / Jonathan Walters and Donald F. Kettl.