orleans parish: rebuilding a community post hurricane katrina
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ORLEANS parish: Rebuilding a community Post hurricane Katrina . By: Vernessa Shih Fall 2012 Midterm. PP M224A GIS Professor Kawano. Hurricane Katrina August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005 FEMA Locations ORLEANS PARISH POPULATION DENSITY Lower Ninth Ward - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ORLEANS PARISH: REBUILDING A COMMUNITY POST HURRICANE KATRINA
By: Vernessa Shih Fall 2012 Midterm
PP M224A GISProfessor Kawano
How has the rebuilding/repopulating of Orleans Parish changed from Pre-Katrina conditions?
• Hurricane Katrina • August 23,
2005 to August 31, 2005
• FEMA Locations• ORLEANS PARISH• POPULATION
DENSITY• Lower Ninth Ward• Comparing
Neighborhoods
Hurricane Katrina Aug 23, 2005 Aug 31, 2005
Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA REGIONS, HEADQUARTERS, and HURRICANE KATRINA
EFFECTED STATES
FEMA Regions 4, 5, 6
Region Area: Louisiana, Orleans Parish
Focus Area: Orleans Parish
Total Population Shifts from 2000 to 2009
Focus Area: Lower Ninth Ward
Source: ESRI, Google Earth
Comparing Neighborhoods - 2000
2000
Black or African
AmericanWhite
sAsian
sAmerican Indians Other
2 Race Categories
Hispanic (any race)
Lower Ninth Ward 98.3 0.5 0 0 0.1 0.6 0.5Orleans Parish 66.6 23.6 2.3 0.2 0.2 1 3.1Louisiana 32.3 62.6 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.9 2.4USA 12.1 69.2 3.6 0.7 0.3 1.6 12.5
Orleans Parish Lower Ninth Ward
Black WhitesAsiansAmerican IndiansOther2 Race CategoriesHispanic (any race)
Source: ESRI, CENSUS
Comparing Neighborhoods - 2010
Lower Ninth Ward
Black or African Amer-icanWhiteAsianAmerican IndianOther2 race categoriesHispanic (any race)
Orleans Parish
Black or African American White Asian
American Indian Other
2 race categories
Hispanic (any race)
Lower Ninth 95.5 1.8 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.5Orleans Parish 59.6 30.5 2.9 0.2 0.3 1.3 5.2Louisiana 32 62.2 1.5 0.7 1.5 1.6 4.2US 12.2 63.7 4.7 0.7 0.4 1.9 16.3
Source: ESRI, CENSUS
Hypothesis/Discussion Lower Ninth Ward
Insurance values of home Local discrimination Effects of insurance pay out
discrimination on the population of returning Black/African American Residents
Commission on Discrimination in Federal Funding is halting all pay outs
Studying Levees, FEMA reactions New investments in green building
technology
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• Racial Discrimination in Insurance Pay outs
• Potential parallels with Hurricane Sandy?
Final Proposals
“Famous” Jersey Shore
New Jersey Cabs
86th Street Station
Mad SkillzSources:
ESRI/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
Inset map – US, Louisiana, Orleans
Point or line graduated symbol – graduated colored symbols, Hurricane Katrina Categories
Geoprocessing – Clipping
Geoprocessing – Joining Geocoding – FEMA
Locations Google Earth – KML/KMZ Custom Shape files –
Water boundaries for Orleans Parish
Comparison Charts/Graphs