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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2005 – Economic aspects; Louisiana – New Orleans; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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One Year After Katrina: Tragedy Of The Crescent City, Christopher Stream, R. Paul Battaglio
One Year After Katrina: Tragedy Of The Crescent City, Christopher Stream, R. Paul Battaglio
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One year after Katrina, New Orleans and the surrounding area are slowly showing signs of growth and a return to normalcy. Two recent studies provide excellent overviews of the economic impacts the hurricane had on the area as well as the efforts New Orleans has made to recover from the storm’s devastation. The first study which was published in August of 2006 was done by the Brookings Institution. A “Special Edition of the Katrina Index: A One-Year Review of Key Indicators of Recovery in Post-Storm New Orleans” by Amy Liu, Matt Fellowes and Mia Mabanta, provides an overview of key …