The Katrina Aftermath: A Failure of Federalism or Leadership?

Menzel, Donald C.

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00649.x

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“…If local emergency management agencies understand the factors encouraging citizen participation in emergency management activities at the local level before regional disasters occur, they can devise more effective emergency response strategies (Menzel, 2006). Overall, based on our findings, we recommend that Taiwanese local governments create a more comprehensive emergency management network by including civil society, and we presented critical factors that affect citizen participation in community-based emergency preparedness activities.…”

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confidence: 67%

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If Only We Knew What We Know: Factors for Mobilizing Citizen Participation in Community-based Emergency Preparedness

Chang

Tso

2016

Chinese Public Administration Review

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Emergency management typically consists of four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Citizen participation is recognized as key to these four phases, and local governments are responsible for promoting authentic citizen participation in all phases. Many studies have asserted the importance of citizen participation in improving the capabilities of community-based emergency response and recovery, yet studies on citizen activities and participation in the pre-disaster process are relatively limited. In practice, increasing citizen preparedness for disasters has presented a challenge to local emergency management agencies. In Taiwan, the approaches employed by local emergency management agencies for mobilizing citizens to participate in emergency management activities are often considered in isolation from their other administrative duties. To fill this gap, this study examines factors for mobilizing citizens in disaster exercises from the perspective of local fire branch heads. Using survey data collected from Southern Taiwan in 2013, we found that the capacity of local fire branches to provide emergency communications and information delivery, as well as pre-disaster risk assessment and alert systems, is critical for enhancing citizen participation in the local emergency preparedness process.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 67%

“…In addition, previous incidents have shown that inadequate civic preparedness in emergency management could result in increased damage and harm the lives of community residents (Menzel, 2006). Yet the underlying mechanisms driving citizen participation in the emergency preparedness process remain unclear.…”

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confidence: 99%

If Only We Knew What We Know: Factors for Mobilizing Citizen Participation in Community-based Emergency Preparedness

Chang

Tso

2016

Chinese Public Administration Review

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“…For instance, Ink (2006) concluded that widespread administrative failure resulted in catastrophic loss of life. In addition to the failure of the levees, communication blackouts, and ill-advised evacuation coordination, there were administrative failures in cross-sector collaboration, including poor communication, inadequate planning for private sector contributions, misguided and poorly executed command and control by the federal and state government, and insufficient coordination with state and local agencies, including nonprofits, private sector entities, and individuals (Menzel 2006;Walters and Kettl 2005;Wise 2006). Ironically, administrative failings may be a consequence of the recent decades-long trend toward the "steady privatization of domestic policy tasks to private and nonprofit organizations" (Robinson et al 2006, 316).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Citizen preparedness was also viewed as inadequate after Katrina (Menzel 2006), particularly in terms of consistency and coordination of local efforts. Earlier studies (Schneider 1990(Schneider , 1992 focused on the importance of local contexts in planning and implementing emergency management and Burns and Thomas (2006) emphasized the significance of unique local characteristics to Katrina failures: notably a legacy of issue-based coalitions to carry out public initiatives versus well-developed, reliable governing mechanisms.…”

Section: The Post-katrina Environmentmentioning

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Sustaining Cross-Sector Collaborations: Lessons from New Orleans

Simo

2009

Public Organ Rev

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“…These are hard to come by, especially in the context of a disaster, as was illustrated by Hurricane Katrina, where coordination among federal agencies and state and local governments was problematic (Leonard and Howitt 2006 ;Mycoff 2007 ;Waugh and Streib 2006 ;Wise 2006 ). The coordination problem was compounded by federalism, by which a concentration of power is avoided (Menzel 2006 ); there was an unsettled understanding as to whether and when federal agencies could supersede state and local governments N. Aoki in order to execute the National Response Plan designed to ensure intergovernmental coordination (Mycoff 2007 ;Wise 2006 ).…”

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Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific

Brassard¹,

Howitt²,

Giles³

2015

Disaster Risk Reduction

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Disaster risk reduction is a process, which leads to the safety of community and nations. After the 2005 World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Kobe, Japan, the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) was adopted as a framework of risk reduction. The academic research and higher education in disaster risk reduction has made/is making gradual shift from pure basic research to applied, implementation oriented research. More emphasis is given on the multi-stakeholder collaboration and multi-disciplinary research. Emerging university networks in Asia, Europe, Africa and Americas have urged for the process-oriented research in disaster risk reduction fi eld. Keeping this in mind, this new series will promote the outputs of action research on disaster risk reduction, which will be useful for a wider range of stakeholders including academicians, professionals, practitioners, and students and researchers in the related fi eld. The series will focus on some of emerging needs in the risk reduction fi eld, starting from climate change adaptation, urban ecosystem, coastal risk reduction, education for sustainable development, community based practices, risk communication, human security etc. Through academic review, this series will encourage young researchers and practitioners to analyze fi eld practices, and link it to theory and policies with logic, data and evidences. Thus, the series emphasizes evidence based risk reduction methods, approaches and practices.

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The Katrina Aftermath: A Failure of Federalism or Leadership?

Cited by 75 publications

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If Only We Knew What We Know: Factors for Mobilizing Citizen Participation in Community-based Emergency Preparedness

If Only We Knew What We Know: Factors for Mobilizing Citizen Participation in Community-based Emergency Preparedness

Sustaining Cross-Sector Collaborations: Lessons from New Orleans

Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific

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