Cleanup after Katrina: an analysis on policy, process, priorities, problems, and politics

Purpose – Following a natural disaster the cleanup process usually takes place before reconstruction or rebuild can actually be implemented. Effectiveness of cleanup process determines the possible level of speed for implementing rebuild and reconstruction process. This paper aims to focus on providing guidelines to help plan for future natural disaster management.Design/methodology/approach – This study analyses a cleanup process after Hurricane Katrina in terms of governing policy, implementing process, problems associated with process, priorities for cleanup, and politics.Findings – The study finds policies governing the cleanup process, problems associated with the cleanup process, priorities areas in the cleanup work and politics of the disasters.Research limitations/implications – The research focuses only on three states where Hurricane Katrina hit, namely Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.Practical implications – This paper explains policies governing the cleanup, the process, the prioritized wo...