New Orleans

Question 1

The capacity to cope- should have been good but…

Answer 1

The levee system on the Mississippi which protects the city from flood failed in 53 places.
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)- a post disaster enquiry revealed mismanagement and a lack of leadership particularly in a delayed response to the flooding.

Question 2

Chronic hazard

Answer 2

A hazard which is long term and persistent e.g drought in Sahel.

Question 3

Context hazard

Answer 3

A hazard which has potentially global impacts and could also lead to increased occurrence and magnitude of other hazards e.g global warming or El Nino which are both thought to increase the risk of other hazards such as flooding or hurricanes.

Question 4

Orleans Parish had a poverty rate of…

Answer 4

23.2 percent, seventh highest among 290 large U.S counties.

Question 5

How many lived in extreme poverty?

Answer 5

Of the 131,000 poor people in the city in 2000, nearly 50,000 (38 percent) lived in those neighbourhoods of extreme poverty.