NEW ORLEANS

Rebuilding a community Post hurricane KatrinaBy: Vernessa Shih Fall 2012 FINAL PRESENTATION

PP M224A GISProfessor Yoh KawanoHurricane 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? What areas need the most attention now?

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Hurricane Katrina Route Through Plaquemines, St. Bernard & St. Tammany ParishLets get factual . . .217,000 Homes Damaged1.4 million people displaced, 15 million people affectedestimated 75-110 billion dollar cost(referred to as the costliest natural disaster in history)extreme coastal erosionOver 1,800 deaths

Long Term Recovery PlanJoint Effort Louisiana Recovery Authority and State of LouisianaParish leaders in 25 Southern ParishesCommunity prioritiesPublic input to consensus

STRONGLY AGREED:98% agreed that they should build back differently to address issues of poverty, hurricane/flood risk and environmental74% agreed that some places are too at risk to rebuild50/50 split ensuring that everyone who wants to return could come back to their original home site

WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU?(PICK THREE)Build better levees and other hurricane protection (58%)Encourage development of new housing (34%)Restore coastal areas (27%)Improve schools (26%)Attracting new businesses to the area (26%)Making reconstruction jobs available to residents (25%)Providing better community/social service (21%)Making street/highway improvements (13%)Reducing crime (13%)Devising a workable evacuation plan (13%)

Jefferson ParishBuild better levees and other hurricane protectionRestore coastal areasAttract new businesses to the areaImprove the school*107,000 damaged homesOrleans ParishBuild better levees and other hurricane protectionEncourage development of new housingImprove schoolsMake reconstruction jobs more available*largest number of displaced residents*90% evacuatedPlaquemines ParishBuild better levees and other hurricane protectionRestore coastal areasAttract new businesses to the areaImprove schools*over 50% buildings destroyedSt. Bernard ParishBuild better levees and other hurricane protectionRestore coastal areasBuy out flood-prone propertiesEncourage development of new housing*29,000 destroyed homesSt. Tammany ParishBuild better levees and other hurricane protectionRestore coastal areasAttract new businesses to the areaMake highway and street improvements*38,900 damage claimsHighlighting areas within and outside of a 5 mile service area to FEMA evacuation routes

* Many FEMA applicants not included in this data were living in temporary FEMA trailers

Hospitals and Schools in Louisiana and the 5 Parish Study Area

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 American population15

Focus AREA: New Orleans Metropolitan Area

Living below Poverty Line# of Vacant Housing Units# of Unemployed WorkersHigh School Dropout RatesMap Algebra to create a Priority NEED Index for Louisiana Hurricane Katrina completely changed the way our country reacts to disasters

Every Error Known to Man . . . Caveats and AddendumsClearly 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 priorityRegardless 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 grantsDisaster data is by nature very unreliable, due to the constant changes in population, displaced citizens addresses etcSourcesESRI/Social ExplorerNASACENSUS.gov/American Fact FinderNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationFEMAGOOGLE EARTHUS Geological SurveyGreater New Orleans Community Data CenterRegional Planning Commission for New OrleansCity of New OrleansMysealevel.orgRegional Planning Commission for Great Metro New OrleansLSU AGU CenterLSU Atlas DatabaseSimplyMapLouisiana Dept of EducationCrisis CommonsLouisiana Site Selection.ComLouisiana Map.ComState of Louisiana.gov

Skills UsedPoint/line graduated symbol Geoprocessing ClippingGeoprocessing JoiningGeocoding KMZ/KML filesCustom Shape files Original Data (built new shapefiles from addresses)Aggregating attribute fieldsBoundary sub-sets selectionsImagesModel Building/RastersPie ChartsHotSpot AnalysisBuffering/concentric buffersCreating Need IndexDistance AnalysisSpatial Analysis

Model Builder Feature to Raster*Reclassified individual rasters using ToolBox