Brookings: Topics - New Orleans

The State of New Orleans: An Update 2009

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In this New York Times “op-chart” Amy Liu analyzes the current state of the New Orleans region four years after Hurricane Katrina. Though rebuilding has blunted some of the recession’s effects, she notes that the city and region still face substantial housing, employment, and environmental challenges.

The New Orleans Index Anniversary Edition: Four Years after Katrina

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Though New Orleans has been somewhat shielded from the recession due to its industry composition and ongoing rebuilding activities, four years after Katrina the region still faces major challenges due to blight, unaffordable housing, and vulnerable flood protection. New federal leadership must commit and sustain its partnership with state and local leaders by delivering on key milestones in innovation, infrastructure, human capital, and sustainable communities to help greater New Orleans move past "disaster recovery" and boldly build a more prosperous future.

FEMA’s Gulf Coast Rebuilding Efforts: The Path Forward

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Hurricane Katrina illustrated that a strong federal-state-local partnership is needed for post-disaster recovery. Amy Liu told a House Homeland Security panel that federal leaders should reward states and localities for achieving a clear set of outcomes that lead to a prosperous recovery, not just over-regulate them with distrust.

The New Orleans Index, January 2009

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In contrast to the nation, the greater New Orleans economy has grown, boosted by the large-scale rebuilding effort underway. There is a new uptick in population growth and the region's unemployment rate is a relatively low 4.9 percent. Yet, storm damage remains widespread, potential destruction from new storms looms large, and state and local leaders must simultaneously confront the opportunities and challenges presented by Washington's economic recovery efforts and the potential sunsetting of the federal Office of Gulf Coast Recovery.

The State of New Orleans: An Update

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Amy Liu explores the current state of the New Orleans region upon the third anniversary of hurricane Katrina. Noting the city has recovered most of its population and jobs, she argues that serious challenges remain: lack of public services such as hospitals and child care centers, public transit and a deficient system of levees still loom.

A Human Rights Perspective for Natural Disasters

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

While it is correct that those displaced by floods, earth-quakes, tsunamis and the like are primarily in need of humanitarian assistance, experience from natural disasters all over the world teaches us that there is a serious risk of human rights violations when the displaced cannot return to their homes or find new ones after some weeks or months.

Two Years After the Storm: Housing Needs in the Gulf Coast

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Testifying before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Amy Liu provided an overview of the state of recovery of greater New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.

Resettling New Orleans: The First Full Picture from the Census

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Using new Census data, we provide the first full picture of who lived in New Orleans and its region after the hurricanes of 2005, and what types of residents moved in, stayed, or remained displaced one year after the storm.

New Orleans, a 'Whole Other City'?

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Writing in the Times-Picayune, William Frey examines the demographics of New Orleans? recovery and warns that the clock is ticking on the return of middle class residents.

A Review of Key Indicators of Recovery Two Years After Katrina

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Two years after Hurricane Katrina assessing the social and economic health as well as public services and infrastructure for the New Orleans region.

Human Rights at Home

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Statement by Roberta Cohen at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government (11/01/06)

The Credit and Insurance Consequences of Natural and Man-Made Catastrophes

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:00:00 GMT

Event Information:

September 07, 2006, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Concentrated Poverty in New Orleans and Other American Cities

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Nearly one year since Hurricane Katrina, Bruce Katz examines how the underlying conditions of New Orleans, especially its neighborhoods of extremely concentrated poverty, served to exacerbate the effects of the storm.

Building a Better New Orleans: A Review of and Plan for Progress One Year after Hurricane Katrina

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Research Brief

Special Edition of the Katrina Index: A One-Year Review of Key Indicators of Recovery in Post-Storm New Orleans

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Research Brief

Federal Allocations in Response to Katrina, Rita, and Wilma: An Update

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Katrina Fact Sheet

Racial Division and Concentrated Poverty in U.S. Cities

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In this presentation, Bruce Katz provides an overview of current patterns of racial and ethnic separation in the United States, using the Chicago, Washington DC, and New Orleans metros as case studies.

The State of New Orleans: An Update

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

More than $2 billion in reconstruction aid for the victims of Hurricane Katrina have been lost to ?scams, schemes and stupefying bureaucratic bungles.

Katrina and Rita Impacts on Gulf Coast Populations: First Census Findings

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

An analysis of the first U.S. Census Bureau data regarding the demographic impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the population of the Gulf Coast region.

Barriers to Capital Access in Rebuilding the Gulf Coast

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In this presentation at the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, Ms. Sabety discussed the role of credit scores on access to capital in post-disaster situations.

Les Conséquences Politiques de Katrina

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Nicolas de Boisgrollier, Questions Internationales (May-June 2006)

The State of New Orleans

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT

HOW will we know when New Orleans is rebuilt?

City Can Lure Back Its Reluctant Migrants (New Orleans)

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The phrase ""demography is destiny"" is especially relevant here, as the destiny of New Orleans will surely be transformed by whatever population moves in.

Planning for New Orleans' Demographic Future

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

In this presentation, Bill Frey provides an overview of New Orleans' demographic dynamics before the hurricane hit, and makes the case that most current evacuees want to return and can recreate the demographic profile similar to the original city.

Housing Families Displaced by Katrina: A Review of the Federal Response to Date

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

report

Making a Better Life: Preparing for the Post-Katrina Personal Finance Crisis

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Credit Counseling Opinion

New Orleans after the Storm: Lessons from the Past, a Plan for the Future

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

report

Katrina and Sound Science

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Testimony by David B. Sandalow before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

In Katrina's Wake, Who Will Return?

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Even as plans are announced to encourage people to return to New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities, America remains unprepared for the most realistic alternative for many - resettlement elsewhere.

To Shelter Katrina's Victims, Learn from the Northridge Quake Zone

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

In response to the housing needs of thousands of Americans displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Congress and the Bush Administration should replicate HUD's voucher plan, used after the 1994 L.A. earthquake.

Time for the United States to Honor International Standards in Emergencies

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Roberta Cohen (9/9/05)

Hurricane Katrina: Where Do We Go from Here?

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:00:00 GMT

Event Information:

September 08, 2005, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Brookings sponsored a panel discussion aimed at analyzing the federal, state and local response to Hurricane Katrina and identifying next steps to speed the recovery of the Gulf Coast and its people.