"Bureaucracy, meet catastrophe": Analysis of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and their implications for emergency response governance

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-411

  Takeda, Margaret B ^a   Helms, Marilyn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b DALTON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Natural disasters; Safety measures; Statistics; United States of America

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; HURRICANE; NATURAL HAZARD; TSUNAMI;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745432775     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550610669211     Document Type: Article

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