Title

Examining Intergovernmental And Interorganizational Response To Catastrophic Disasters: Toward A Network-Centered Approach

Keywords

Catastrophic disasters; Disaster response; Network analysis; Networks; Partnerships

Abstract

This research focused on the interorganizational and intergovernmental response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. The study used the concepts from the network and partnerships literature and used current techniques of network analysis. The study found that the use of intergovernmental and interorganizational response to coordinate complex operations in multiorganizational environments of catastrophic disasters was not successful in responding to both Hurricane Katrina and Rita in 2005. The research suggests that more investment should be made in community capacity building at the local and state levels for successful and effective partnerships in responding to catastrophic disasters. In this research, the local and state levels are shown to be faster in response and future research should focus on local, state, and federal resources coordination in response to catastrophic disasters. © 2010 SAGE Publications.

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Publication Title

Administration and Society

Volume

42

Issue

2

Number of Pages

222-247

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399710362517

Socpus ID

77954695985 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77954695985

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS