Urban Renewal and Hurrican Katrina

Running Head : HURRICANE KATRINA

Hurricane Katrina

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Hurricane Katrina

Introduction

Many countries that face the catastrophes today need the relief assistance particularly in the floods and the devastation of the earthquakes . The countries , particularly those undergoing difficult transitions , lack the public and private institutions and infrastructure necessary to meet the challenges posed by complex humanitarian emergencies need a collaborated effort to overcome the effects of the devastations . The requirement is to identify the need of a joint effort by the

organizations and political stability is required to take timely actions . The disaster relief efforts are also to be identified which are to be continued to support developing and transitional states in a unified operational concept and the Disaster Prevention and Disaster Response cooperative initiatives (Anna , 2005

The Japan for example experiences hundreds of seismic events annually tropical cyclones (typhoons ) are so frequent they are numbered and not named and heavy rains accompanying typhoons often result in devastating mudslides that annually claim many lives . Although Japan seems to be well prepared to cope with natural disasters . Organizations with emergency response duties including fire , medical , police environmental , etc . are professional and well equipped (NPR , 2005

This expanded role of agencies in a collaborated disaster relief can be further defined to ensure the availability of technical competence in to make their participation meaningful . The local agencies and community groups should not be underutilized and undermined by relief organizations . The knowledge , expertise and ability to communicate with local people can be invaluable for humanitarian relief programmers . The challenge for international agencies and NGOs is to assure , wherever possible and useful , the appropriate inclusion and collaboration of the local agencies into the system . Prior identification of local civil possible partners in disaster-prone countries and training of the required staff is one way to prepare for unexpected crisis . In some countries , local agencies and community groups exist with high levels of competence but may require outside technical and logistic support . In the United States , the Federal Response Plan describes how the federal government will assist the state and local governments when a major disaster or emergency overwhelms their ability to respond effectively (LeClaire , 2005 . The plan assigns federal agency responsibility for twelve Emergency Support Functions . These cover the world of disaster response from transportation , public works and engineering , mass care food energy and those to those functions that are vital to meet the challenges of the disasters

A few weeks ago , Hurricane Katrina , a category 5 hurricane , stormed the Gulf coast of the USA , affecting an area as large as the UK . Katrina completely destroyed of individuals . New Orleans is a major American city , with a devastated and evacuated exercise , with a fictitious category 3 hurricane named Pam , predicted the scenario accurately ,1 As we impotently watched television , the disaster unfolded . The hospital scenes of combined internal and external disasters already described in Houston2 repeated prevent them (Television Week , 2005 ) electricity water , communication , and other vital services Local...