PAST EVENT
Thursday, October 06, 2011
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
Population growth, urbanization and climate change expose increasing numbers of people to natural hazards in urban areas. On October 6, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Habitat for Humanity International hosted a discussion on the challenges of urban disaster recovery, focusing on shelter and housing, urban planning, long-term reconstruction, and disaster risk reduction as components in disaster- and climate-proofing our cities. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Martin Neil Baily, September 01, 2011, The International Economy Magazine
Following the East Coast earthquake and Hurricane Irene, some have asked whether such disasters could help stimulate the economy through recovery spending. Martin Baily writes that even if GDP is boosted for a few quarters as a result of recovery, the net effects are negative. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
August 29, 2011, The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
In the six years following Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans metro has continued on a trajectory of recovery that suggests both areas of positive change and remaining challenges. The latest edition of the New Orleans Index provides the most up–to–date data on the region's transition from recovery to transformation.
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Amy Liu, August 29, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Six years after Katrina, Amy Liu, co-editor of Resilience and Opportunity, examines what it takes to rebuild after a major catastrophe, and explains that despite the ongoing challenges of such disasters, New Orleans is teaching the world key lessons on how to turn desperation into opportunity. Read More
BOOK
Amy Liu, Roland V. Anglin, Richard M. Mizelle Jr. and Allison Plyer, July 31, 2011
Resilience and Opportunity shines a light on the important post-disaster recovery progress made since 2005 and the lessons learned. It also illuminates the challenges that remain in recreating the opportunity structures and ecosystem destroyed over multiple catastrophes. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Amy Liu, October 01, 2010, The Brookings Institution
As rebuilding efforts in New Orleans continue, the city provides itself with more opportunities to emerge as a model for the 21st century, says Amy Liu. She notes that the metropolitan area is poised to restore prosperity, improve systems to ensure resiliency, and embrace the next economy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Amy Liu, August 29, 2010, The New York Times
In the five years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Gulf region has also endured the economic downturn and the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history. Yet the New Orleans metro region has demonstrated resilience and the determination to come back stronger. Amy Liu, deputy director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, documents the progress that has been achieved and the challenges that remain. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Amy Liu, August 26, 2010, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery
During a Senate subcommittee hearing, Amy Liu discussed greater New Orleans' progress in the past five years. She outlined how federal and state leaders can use the recent opportunities presented by the Great Recession and post-oil spill recovery to build on promising developments since Hurricane Katrina and continue to reinvent the city and metropolitan area as a resilient, prosperous community. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Amy Liu, August 11, 2010, The Brookings Institution
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans region continues its recovery despite the more recent impacts of the Gulf oil spill and the Great Recession. Amy Liu looks at the latest New Orleans Index to highlight the area's promising efforts, but warns that many challenges remain for the region to emerge "better than before." Read More
VIDEO
Amy Liu, June 18, 2010
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast hard five years ago, but expert Amy Liu says the damage from the BP oil spill may be far more devastating.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Amy Liu, June 16, 2010, The Brookings Institution
On June 16, Amy Liu answered your questions about the economic impact of the oil spill on the New Orleans region in a live web chat moderated by Seung Min Kim, assistant editor at POLITICO. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William A. Galston, June 15, 2010, The Brookings Institution
In his first Oval Office address, William Galston says President Obama delivered a workmanlike but ultimately disappointing account of what his administration has done thus far to cope with the Deepwater Horizon oil explosion and what it plans to do in the months ahead. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Amy Liu and Allison Plyer, June 04, 2010, The Avenue, The New Republic
Nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the Louisiana city could soon face the devastating environmental and economic effects of another disaster: the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Amy Liu and Allison Plyer argue those are interrelated, that New Orleans’ economic health rests heavily on efforts to preserve the coastal environment. They warn that without swift action, rebuilding the region’s economy will become an even more difficult task. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Amy Liu, February 2010, The Brookings Institution
Lost in all the euphoria of the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl victory is another pivotal moment for the city. Mitch Landrieu, Lousiana's lieutenant governor, won the mayoral seat in a landslide. However, despite his popularity, there is a tough road ahead for him. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Amy Liu and Nigel Holmes, August 27, 2009, The New York Times
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. Read More