Post-Flood Recovery of Cities: New Orleans and Prague

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HURRICAN KATRINA AND COMMUNITY REBOUND, Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Henry Storr, eds., Edward Elgar, 2010

16 Pages Posted: 11 Feb 2011 Last revised: 25 Sep 2020

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Leo Krasnozhon

Loyola University New Orleans

Daniel M. Rothschild

George Mason University - Mercatus Center

Date Written: June 27, 2008

Abstract

In the aftermath of natural disaster, a speedy and efficient recovery is crucial for socio-economic redevelopment. Political actors have at their disposal a variety of instruments, which can either support rapid and effective rebuilding through making clear and credible commitments to rules of the game or slow recovery through creating regime uncertainty and paralyzing for-profit and social entrepreneurs. New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and Prague after the “flood of the millennium” provide contrasting examples of political and policy responses to significant natural disasters. This chapter contrasts the policy options which characterized public response to each of these disasters and suggests lessons for future disaster response.

Keywords: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Prague, Nature Disaster

Suggested Citation

Krasnozhon, Leonid and Rothschild, Daniel M., Post-Flood Recovery of Cities: New Orleans and Prague (June 27, 2008). THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HURRICAN KATRINA AND COMMUNITY REBOUND, Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Henry Storr, eds., Edward Elgar, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1758971

Leonid Krasnozhon (Contact Author)

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Daniel M. Rothschild

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