Natural Disasters and Policymaking: Whither Risk Assessment?   
April 5, 2006
RFF First Wednesday Seminar

RFF's First Wednesday speakers discussed historical and contemporary experience with natural disasters ranging from the Mississippi Flood of 1927 to Hurricane Katrina. They also compared and contrasted approaches in the United States and in the Netherlands to the challenge of hydrology -- its science, engineering, risk assessment, and public response -- and how these can fly in the face of policymaking.

Video of this First Wednesday Seminar follows below.