New Orleans Flashcards
What hazard is it susceptible to
Hurricanes
What shape is it
Bowl shaped
How many live along the coast
12m
What is the population density compared to the US average
2x
What % are below the poverty line
21%: 30% AA, 8% W
When were segregation laws removed
1927
Background of Gentilly district
78% AA, 10ft below sea level, 60% had no car to evacuate, public transport not arranged, few could afford risk sharing, Liberty Mutual won’t offer home insurance
Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Gentilly district
St Paul’s homecoming centre connected people to resources, no faith in government, $230,000 property values, less insurance payout, 81 drowned in homes, no public transport arranged, Bush didn’t visit
Background of Uptown district
10ft above sea level, 73% W, car access, 2 storey tall buildings
Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Uptown district
$400,000 property values, vigilanteism
Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Lower Ninth ward
Only 40% returned, nearly 100% AA, one grocery store 9y later (Lakeview has Harrison Avenue Marketplace), Brad Pitt’s make it right charity helped
Effect of Hurricane Katrina in Algiers Point
Unflooded, vigilantism, ‘we shoot looters’, dead undrowned AA in street
Effect of Hurricane Georges
1998, evacuation recommended but unnecessary, hesitant in future
Overall effect of Hurricane Katrina
AA ‘looters’, W ‘finding food’, 100,000 AA left, $14.5b protection, created Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Recovery Act, Road Home project, Governor Kathleen Blanco didn’t seek reelection
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Recovery Act
2006, funds for future
Road Home
$10b government programme to help rebuild, in 1y less than 250/100,000 applicants received, AA houses undervalued
