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New Orleans After Katrina Sequel
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-HKS189-EStrategyThis sequel accompanies the main case (1862.0). On Tuesday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans, causing inadequate levees to collapse and flood the city in what came to be widely seen as a man-made disaster. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) calculated that 105,000 of the city's 188,000 housing units were severely damaged or destroyed. It was the worst urban disaster in national memory. However, city leaders were...Starting at €8.20
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Plans versus Politics: New Orleans after Katrina
Schlefer, Jonathan; Gomez-Ibanez, JoseCase HBS-HKS100-EStrategyOn Tuesday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans, causing inadequate levees to collapse and flood the city in what came to be widely seen as a man-made disaster. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) calculated that 105,000 of the city's 188,000 housing units were severely damaged or destroyed. It was the worst urban disaster in national memory. However, city leaders were not prepared to accept New Orleans' demise. On ...Starting at €8.20