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Save to My PortfolioThe State of New Orleans: An Update 2009

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

New Orleans, Natural Disasters, Cities, Community Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe New Orleans Index Anniversary Edition: Four Years after Katrina

Amy Liu and Allison Plyer, July 30, 2009, The Brookings Institution and the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center

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. Read More

New Orleans, Natural Disasters, Cities, Community Development

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Save to My PortfolioFEMA’s Gulf Coast Rebuilding Efforts: The Path Forward

Amy Liu, March 03, 2009, House Committee on Homeland Security

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. Read More

Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Cities, Community Development

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Save to My PortfolioThe New Orleans Index, January 2009

Amy Liu and Allison Plyer, January 28, 2009, The Brookings Institution and the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center

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. Read More

New Orleans, Cities, Community Development, Natural Disasters

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Save to My PortfolioThe State of New Orleans: An Update

Amy Liu and Nigel Holmes, August 30, 2008, The New York Times

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. Read More

New Orleans, Natural Disasters, Cities, Community Development

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Save to My PortfolioA Human Rights Perspective for Natural Disasters

Walter Kälin, January 14, 2008, The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement Seminar

A Human Rights Perspective for Natural DisastersWhile 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. Read More

Human Rights, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Internal Displacement

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTwo Years After the Storm: Housing Needs in the Gulf Coast

Amy Liu, September 25, 2007, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

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. Read More

New Orleans, Housing, Cities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioResettling New Orleans: The First Full Picture from the Census

William H. Frey, Audrey Singer and David Park, September 12, 2007, The Brookings Institution

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.
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New Orleans, Demographics, Housing, Natural Disasters, Cities

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Save to My PortfolioNew Orleans, a 'Whole Other City'?

William H. Frey, August 28, 2007, The Times Picayune

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. Read More

New Orleans, Demographics, Housing, Cities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Review of Key Indicators of Recovery Two Years After Katrina

Amy Liu and Allison Plyer, August 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution

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

New Orleans, Natural Disasters, Cities, Governance

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Save to My PortfolioHuman Rights at Home

Roberta Cohen, November 01, 2006, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

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

Human Rights, New Orleans, Natural Disasters, U.S. Politics, Internal Displacement

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Save to My PortfolioThe Credit and Insurance Consequences of Natural and Man-Made Catastrophes

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Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Community Development, Cities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioConcentrated Poverty in New Orleans and Other American Cities

Bruce Katz, August 04, 2006, The Chronicle of Higher Education

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. Read More

Cities, New Orleans, U.S. Poverty, Community Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFederal Allocations in Response to Katrina, Rita, and Wilma: An Update

Amy Liu and Matt Fellowes, August 01, 2006, The Brookings Institution

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New Orleans, Natural Disasters, Cities, Governance, Federalism

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSpecial Edition of the Katrina Index: A One-Year Review of Key Indicators of Recovery in Post-Storm New Orleans

Amy Liu, Matt Fellowes and Mia Mabanta, August 01, 2006, The Brookings Institution

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New Orleans, Natural Disasters, Cities, Governance, Demographics

Featured Experts

Amy Liu

Amy Liu

Deputy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Amy Liu is deputy director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Her policy studies include economic competitiveness, metropolitan growth and development, governance reforms, urban reinvestment, and social equity.
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Bruce Katz

Bruce Katz

Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
The Adeline M. and Alfred I. Johnson Chair in Urban and Metropolitan Policy

Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, regularly advises national, state, regional and municipal leaders on policy reforms that advance the competitiveness of metropolitan areas.
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William H. Frey

William H. Frey

Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

An internationally known demographer, Bill Frey specializes in issues involving urban populations, migration, immigration, race, aging, political demographics, and the U.S. Census. He is also a research professor in population studies at the University of Michigan.
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ExpertAmy Liu

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Ted Gayer is the co-director of the Economic Studies program and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on public finance, environmental and energy economics, housing, and regulatory policy.

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Federiga Bindi is a leading expert on European political integration. She has a broad experience in government and held a number of posts in international organizations. Bindi currently serves as an advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Her research focuses on the EU, transatlantic relations; EU states foreign policies, global governance issues.

TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any society requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work extends beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions, higher education and the challenges of education in developing countries.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

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A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.

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As president of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, Domenico Lombardi’s work at Brookings focuses on the international financial crisis and the reform of the IMF and the World Bank. He is an expert on G-20 and G8 Summits.

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Mwangi S. Kimenyi is a senior fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative. He focuses on Africa's development, including institutions for economic growth, the political economy, and private sector development.

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The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement monitors displacement problems worldwide, works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for Internally Displaed Persons.

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