Impact and Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
12:30 PM
Page Hall Auditorium
Panelists:
- Richard Alba, Department of Sociology
- Thomas A. Birkland, Director, Center for Policy Research
- Katharine Briar-Lawson, Dean, School of Social Welfare
- Kary Jablonka, Professional Development Program, Rockefeller College
- Gary Kleppel, Department of Biological Sciences
- Karen Mohr, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Patricia Salkin, Director, Government Law Center, Albany Law School
- Robert Westphal, School of Public Health
Hurricane Katrina appears to be the largest natural disaster in American history, and is certainly the most important disaster in the United States since the September 11 attacks. While a wide area of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were affected, most national news coverage has focused on the flooding of the City of New Orleans.
How could such a disaster have occurred? Could local, state, or federal officials have anticipated this disaster, evacuated people, or mitigated the effects of the disaster? Once it occurred, how could relief have been more effectively delivered? What issues of race, class, and social stratification are raised by this disaster? And what does the response to the hurricane reveal about the nation's preparedness for large scale natural, terrorist, or public health emergencies?
A panel of experts from the University at Albany and Albany Law School will discuss these issues and answer your questions. Please plan to join us.
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Tom Birkland
Center for Policy Research
University at Albany, SUNY
300 Milne, 135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
518-442-3850 fax 518-442-3398
birkland@albany.edu |
