FOR BONIETA 123 ONLY!! ESSAY
Essay Question and Instructions
Follow the steps to complete a minimum 750 word response to the question below.
Read “Investigation of the Performance of the New Orleans Flood Protection Systems in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.” **YOU CAN GOOGLE THIS**
Click the link for Chapter 12 Organized for Failure. YOU CAN GOOGLE pdf
Provide a detailed explanation of the underlying (systemic) factors leading to the New Orleans flood disaster of August, 2005.
In producing your essay answer, place specific emphasis on the following:
To what degree was this disaster a result of failures in the risk assessment process itself, faulty organizational (structure, communications, etc.) and behavioral (political, etc.) dynamics inherent to the entire risk management process for NOFPS, or both?
Note: You do not have to perform or provide a formal probability-uncertainty assessment.