Essays about: "Discursive-based Strategy"

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  1. 1. Crisis Preperation - The case of Katrina, New Orleans

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hanna Bowring; [2015]
    Keywords : Disaster management; Natural Disaster; Crisis Preparation; New Orleans; Katrina; Hurricane; Louisiana; USA; FEMA; Pam; Levees; Risk-based Strategy; Precaution-based Strategy; Discursive-based Strategy; Risk Management Strategies; Renn Klinke; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to understand the importance of crisis preparation for disaster management in New Orleans before hurricane Katrina, and why New Orleans was so badly prepared despite knowing for several years that a disaster of Katrina’s magnitude was much likely to struck at this time. The study is based on secondary literature in the form of articles, web documentaries and investigative reports. READ MORE