Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 8:05 AM
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Aftermath of Disaster: New Orleans since Katrina.

John Logan, Brown University, Dept. of Sociology, Box 1916, Providence, RI 02912

New Orleans was hit harder and has recovered more slowly from the Katrina hurricane and flooding than other parts of the Gulf Coast.  This presentation will review what is known about which neighborhoods and population groups were most affected, where they relocated after Katrina, and what neighborhoods are being repopulated.  This case demonstrates that resilience of a human community is conditioned by pre-existing resource inequalities and by policy decisions that influence patterns of public investment.  Although the Mayor of New Orleans was re-elected with the surprising support of the dislocated and relatively less affluent black population, the subsequent planning process has failed to meet the needs of this constituency.

Back to Symposium--Katrina Disaster and Sustainable Coastal Development: An Integrated Perspective and the Role of Land and Water Sciences. II
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