Executive Summary: It is now two years since Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall near the Louisiana-Mississippi border on August 29, 2005. The importance of recovery and reconstruction to the disaster response process becomes daily more apparent, as New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast continue to struggle to regain their previous quality of life and economic vitality.
Introduction: The Impact of Disasters Continues to Rise At the same time that the occurrence of natural-disaster-related deaths and casualties is decreasing, the number of disasters and their economic impacts are continuing to rise. The United Nations found in 2004 that more than 75 of the 100 largest cities in the world are situated in locations exposed to potential serious natural hazards. Many parts of the United States are vulnerable to catastrophic events, from hurricanes in the South to tornadoes in the Midwest to earthquakes in California, Hawaii, and the central part of the country. Click here to read more…
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