“Hurricane Katrina was not just a storm; it was also the occasion for a complete governmental debacle. As Rob Verchick trenchantly demonstrates, we can learn much from this tragedy about how to face other major societal risks such as climate change. Let’s hope we learn from this experience, and from Verchick’s thoughtful analysis, without waiting for the lessons to be reinforced by still more disastrous policy failures.”
–Daniel A. Farber, University of California, Berkeley
