Rebuilding a community Post hurricane Katrina
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REBUILDING A COMMUNITY POST
HURRICANE KATRINA
By: Vernessa Shih Fall 2012 FINAL PRESENTATION
PP M224A GISProfessor Kawano
Hurricane Katrina Aug 23,2005 – Aug 31, 2005
• What happened?• What were
rebuilding goals?• What were
parish priorities?• What areas
saw the most success in rebuilding?
Hurricane Katrina Aug 23, 2005 Aug 31, 2005
140 mph
Let’s get factual . . . 217,000 Homes Damaged 1.4 million people displaced, 15
million people affected estimated 75-110 billion dollar cost
(referred to as the costliest natural disaster in history)
extreme coastal erosion Over 1,800 deaths
WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU?
(PICK THREE)1. Build better levees and other
hurricane protection (58%)2. Encourage development of
new housing (34%)3. Restore coastal areas (27%)4. Improve schools (26%)5. Attracting new businesses to
the area (26%)6. Making reconstruction jobs
available to residents (25%)7. Providing better
community/social service (21%)
8. Making street/highway improvements (13%)
9. Reducing crime (13%)10.Devising a workable
evacuation plan (13%)
Five Parish Breakdown
Jefferson Parish1. Build
better levees and other hurricane protection
2. Restore coastal areas
3. Attract new businesses to the area
4. Improve the school
*107,000 damaged homes
Orleans Parish1. Build
better levees and other hurricane protection
2. Encourage development of new housing
3. Improve schools
4. Make reconstruction jobs more available
*largest number of displaced residents*90% evacuated
Plaquemines Parish1. Build
better levees and other hurricane protection
2. Restore coastal areas
3. Attract new businesses to the area
4. Improve schools
*over 50% buildings destroyed
St. Bernard Parish1. Build
better levees and other hurricane protection
2. Restore coastal areas
3. Buy out flood-prone properties
4. Encourage development of new housing
*29,000 destroyed homes
St. Tammany Parish1. Build
better levees and other hurricane protection
2. Restore coastal areas
3. Attract new businesses to the area
4. Make highway and street improvements
*38,900 damage claims
Louisiana Population Density by
FEMA Emergency Evacuation
Routes
Indicators for Improvement:Calculating the
decrease in students
dropouts for 7-12th graders,
comparing 2000 to 2010
(from schools statistics tracked
by Louisiana Department of
Education
*Highlighting areas of high African Am population
Hurricane Katrina completely changed the way our country reacts to
disasters
Every Error Known to Man . . .
Caveats• Clearly it would have been beneficial to have access to
additional data regarding the Hurricane, but when Katrina hit and then Rita, gathering data is most likely not at all a priority
• Regardless of missing attributes, this is still an important area of study
• Groundbreaking in terms of being able to see new applications of GIS for other disasters, using Google Earth/Twitter/Social Networking to track disasters, Hurricane Sandy Shapefiles are already available
• Problems:• Many clearinghouses, databases, including FEMA have
been closed or have severely limited access only allowed to organizations associated with rebuilding or giving grants
• Disaster data is by nature very unreliable
SourcesESRI/Social Explorer
NASA
CENSUS.gov/American Fact Finder
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
FEMA
GOOGLE EARTH
US Geological Survey
Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Regional Planning Commission for New Orleans
City of New Orleans
Mysealevel.org
Regional Planning Commission for Great Metro New Orleans
LSU AGU Center
LSU Atlas Database
SimplyMap
Louisiana Dept of Education
Crisis Commons
Louisiana Site Selection.Com
Louisiana Map.Com
State of Louisiana.gov
Skills Used Point or line graduated
symbol Geoprocessing – Clipping Geoprocessing – Joining
Geocoding – FEMA Locations KMZ/KML files
Custom Shape files Original Data
Aggregating attribute fields Attribute sub-sets selections Boundary sub-sets selections
Images