Hurricane Katrina and the Paradoxes of Government Disaster Policy: Bringing About Wise Governmental Decisions for Hazardous Areas

Burby, Raymond J.

doi:10.1177/0002716205284676

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“…The type of disaster mitigation skills that can be performed by students at the primary school does not spread as well as adults because of the limitations of their mindset (Comfort, Oh, Ertan, & Scheinert, 2010). In simple skills disaster mitigation to be possessed by students at least consists of: the skill to avoid disaster, to protect themselves and help others (Burby, 2006). It is believed that all three mitigation skills using simple language and procedures of the appropriate mindset of primary school students.…”

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Natural Disaster Mitigation through Integrated Social Learning Science in Primary School

Atmojo

Anggraini²,

Muhtarom³

2016

ASS

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This research aims to develop a learning model in disaster volcanic eruptions, floods and earthquakes integrated in social science subjects and in elementary school level. This learning model includes five features, namely: (1) the model syllabus and lesson plans, (2) the theme and subthemes, (3) teaching methods, (4) materials / textbooks and CDs about the disaster of nature, and (5) techniques and types assessment of student learning outcomes. Improving the knowledge and skills of teachers and students about the concepts, principles and practice self-rescue if the occurrence of natural disasters. This study is a research and development (R & D) in elementary school. This type of data consists of qualitative and quantitative data. Exploratory data analysis results based disaster mitigation model of learning is conducted qualitatively by descriptive percentage. Analysis of empirical test data using descriptive statistics percentages. Data were analyzed with the results of the implementation of parametric statistical tests, descriptive of the samples using a t-test. Research shows that learning device development results declared effective because it proved able to increase disaster mitigation skills of students, student learning, and the comfortable to be applied at primary school level.

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Natural Disaster Mitigation through Integrated Social Learning Science in Primary School

Atmojo

Anggraini²,

Muhtarom³

2016

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“…The legacy issues are an issue that governments and the insurance sector are now grappling with. The authors believe that nothing will change until local councils are held accountable for bad land-use planning decisions [37]. Resolving the problem is not simple, but risk-adjusted insurance premiums must form part of the solution [38].…”

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The 2011 Brisbane Floods: Causes, Impacts and Implications

Honert

McAneney

2011

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On 13th January 2011 major flooding occurred throughout most of the Brisbane River catchment, most severely in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Creek catchment (where 23 people drowned), the Bremer River catchment and in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland. Some 56,200 claims have been received by insurers with payouts totalling $2.55 billion. This paper backgrounds weather and climatic factors implicated in the flooding and the historical flood experience of Brisbane. We examine the time history of water releases from the Wivenhoe dam, which have been accused of aggravating damage downstream. The dam was built in response to even worse flooding in 1974 and now serves as Brisbane's main water supply. In our analysis, the dam operators made sub-optimal decisions by neglecting forecasts of further rainfall and assuming a 'no rainfall' scenario. Questions have also been raised about the availability of insurance cover for riverine flood, and the Queensland government's decision not to insure its infrastructure. These and other questions have led to Federal and State government inquiries. We argue that insurance is a form of risk transfer for the residual risk following risk management efforts and cannot in itself be a solution for poor land-use planning. With this in mind, we discuss the need for risk-related insurance premiums to encourage flood risk mitigating behaviours by all actors, and for transparency in the availability of flood maps. Examples of good flood risk management to arise from this flood are described.

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“…As the residual risk of extreme flood events, dike failure or flooding of "protected" areas caused by groundwater or sewerage systems is not communicated; citizens and businesses in those areas are unaware of being at risk and accumulate remarkable amounts of values. This increase of damage potential in "protected" areas is also referred to as "safe development paradox" [17] or "levee effect" [18,19]. Furthermore, there is evidence that the damage potential is at its highest directly behind the boundary line of designated risk zones [20].…”

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Towards a Risk Governance Culture in Flood Policy—Findings from the Implementation of the “Floods Directive” in Germany

Heintz

Hagemeier-Klose

Wagner

2012

Water

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Abstract:The European Directive on the Assessment and Management of Flood Risks is likely to cause changes to flood policy in Germany and other member states. With its risk governance approach, it introduces a holistic and catchment-oriented flood risk management and tries to overcome shortcomings of the past, such as the event-driven construction of mainly structural measures. However, there is leeway for interpretation in implementing the directive. The present paper gives an overview on the implementation of the floods directive in Germany and is divided into two qualitative empirical case studies. Case Study I investigates the level of acceptance of the floods directive among decision-makers in the German part of the Rhine river basin. Findings show that the federal states respond differently to the impulse given by the floods directive. Whereas some decision-makers opt for a pro-forma implementation, others take it as a starting point to systematically improve their flood policy. Case Study II presents recommendations for a successful implementation of flood risk management plans that have been developed within a project for the water authority in Bavaria and might be interesting for other federal/member states. For a participation of the interested parties on the level of shared decision-making, the planning process has to work on sub-management-plan level (15-20 communities). The water resources authority has to adopt a multi-faceted role (expert, responsible or interested party depending on the discussed topics).

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Hurricane Katrina and the Paradoxes of Government Disaster Policy: Bringing About Wise Governmental Decisions for Hazardous Areas

Cited by 528 publications

References 14 publications

Natural Disaster Mitigation through Integrated Social Learning Science in Primary School

Natural Disaster Mitigation through Integrated Social Learning Science in Primary School

The 2011 Brisbane Floods: Causes, Impacts and Implications

Towards a Risk Governance Culture in Flood Policy—Findings from the Implementation of the “Floods Directive” in Germany

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