Col, Jeanne-Marie

Col, Jeanne-Marie. 2007. Managing Disasters: The Role of Local Government. Public Administration Review Vol. 67, no. s1: 114-124. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00820.x/pdf (accessed 26 October 2011).

This essay compares the experience of New Orleans before, during, and after the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina with the performance of Qinglong County, China, during the Tangshan earthquake of 1976. Qinglong County exemplifies local government taking initiative in risk assessment, decision making, operations, information sharing, and communications.

Posted: April 12, 2012 by the

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