SECR5060 Webster 9/11 Terrorist Attack in New York & Hurricane Katrina Discussion

SECR5060 Webster 9/11 Terrorist Attack in New York & Hurricane Katrina Discussion

A Tale of Two Cities

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Question: Compare New York City’s risk assessment and preparations for an event like September 11 at the World Trade Center and New Orleans’ risk assessment and its preparations for an event like Hurricane Katrina, discuss one major strength AND one major weakness in each city’s preparation for the event it encountered.

Use this book as a reference and the internet to support your discussion:

Title of book: Introduction to Emergency Management (6th Edition) Author of book: George D. Haddow, Jane A. Bullock, Damon P. Coppola Chapter Title: Chapter 2 Natural and Technological Hazards and Risk Assessment Author of Chapter: George D. Haddow, Jane A. Bullock, Damon P. Coppola Year: 2017 Publisher: Elsevier Inc.