Date of Award
4-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Patrick Donnay
Abstract
The objective of this study is to analyze the influences of demographic patterns, planning politics and funding disbursement processes in rebuilding New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina's storm surge engulfed several neighborhoods of Orleans Parish Louisiana, on August 29th 2005.Immediately following the storm surge, national opinion makers began debating the possibility of shrinking the footprint of New Orleans, as part of the rebuilding process. Although recovery efforts were begun almost immediately, at the five year anniversary of the cataclysmic natural disaster more than a hundred thousand of New Orleanians are still displaced. Utilizing regression analysis as a quantitative measure and qualitative analysis of policies changes, the anticipated results will demonstrate that race is less significant, contrary to what some would expect. It is anticipated that dimensions of participatory politics and environmental planning are significant factors behind the planning process rather than demographic variable which are shaping the rebuilding of New Orleans.
Recommended Citation
Boucher, Jennifer S., "Rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina: The Big Easy, and the Long Road Home." (2011). Political Science Theses and Capstones. 117.
https://pines.bemidjistate.edu/capstone-polisci/117
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