ABSTRACT
Working collaboratively creates strength, and thus it is the planning process, not the final plan, that is most important. We have had to learn this lesson the hard way, first after the attacks of September 11, 2001, when responding agencies could not effectively communicate, and then again after Hurricane Katrina, when the enormity of the event overwhelmed the largely uncoordinated response. Planning is about anticipating and adapting to changed and changing circumstances. The threats
CONTENTS
Overall Complexity of Catastrophe ....................................................................... 258 Strategic Thinking with Regard to Catastrophe Response .................................... 259 Policies for Catastrophe Planning and Response ...................................................260 Current Legislation for Catastrophe Response Planning .......................................264 Presidential Preparedness Directive-8 (PPD-8).....................................................265 New Methods in Catastrophe Response Planning Innovations: Research, Theory, and Tools ..................................................................................................266
