Title 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

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

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 123 pages) : color illustrations, color maps Contents Introduction -- New Orleans Before and After Katrina -- A Tour of New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast -- Insurance and Real Estate -- Critical Infrastructure -- Governance -- Social Capital -- Healthy Populations and Responsive Institutions -- Open Meeting Discussion -- References -- A: Committee Biographical Information -- B: Workshop Agenda -- C: Biographies of Workshop Participants -- D: Field Trip Maps 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 123) Notes Print version record Subject Hazardous geographic environments -- Government policy -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Congresses Natural disasters -- Government policy -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Congresses Crisis management in government -- Louisiana -- Gulf Coast -- Congresses Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Congresses SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief. Crisis management in government Hazardous geographic environments -- Government policy Natural disasters -- Government policy Gulf of Mexico Louisiana -- Gulf Coast Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Olson, Steve, 1956- Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) National Research Council (U.S.). Disasters Roundtable. ISBN 9780309215282 0309215285 1283311925 9781283311922

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