Post-Katrina New Orleans

Paper Summary:

This paper describes the overall economy of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. The writer first notes that two years after Katrina the population of New Orleans is still growing, but only 40 percent of children in the public schools are previous inhabitants. Homes are for sale everywhere and, though the prices have dropped in some neighborhoods, home prices and rents remain high. The writer then notes that the economy is considered to have regained 79% of its former energy, in labor force size, sales tax revenue, jobs and employers. The writer maintains that economically, the region seems to be stabilizing, but this may be due to the lack of public service infrastructure. The writer concludes that it is stabilizing at a lower number than previous to Katrina, but it may be stabilizing because the shock of the catastrophe has worn off and the population has become used to the slow pace of recovery.

From the Paper:

"Businesses have been serviced by the Hispanic population since Katrina, but the growing number of businesses catering to the Hispanic population has only just begun to grow. This is one way in which the city may find a compromise with its perceived problem of the influx of Hispanics. The Central Business District is growing and finding the tourist trade to be coming back, but it is only with the help of the Hispanic population that it will continue to grow.
"In the Central Business District, public and private buildings are still being rebuilt. The delay in making repairs to the Criminal Justice buildings in New Orleans creates a danger to public safety in that police stations and police headquarters are operating out of FEMA trailers. Because of this space in inadequate; there is a lack of desks for writing reports, the ability to plan strategies is hampered; interrogations and interviews are not private, protection of evidence, and housing of criminals and victims is lacking."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Belsie, Laurent and Axtman, Kris. "Post-Katrina, New Orleans coming back more Hispanic." Christian Science Monitor. 12 Jun 2006. <http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0612/p01s03-ussc.html>.
• Liu, Amy and Plyer, Allison. "The New Orleans Index, Second Anniversary special edition." The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program. Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. Aug 2007. <http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2007/~/media/Files/Metro%20Simple%20Pages/ESNOLAIndexAug07.pdf>.
• Zagat Survey. "Zagat releases first post-Katrina New Orleans survey showing tourist areas rebound while residential neighborhoods remain battered" PR Newswire, United Business Media. 10 Jan 2007. <http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2007/0004503240&EDATE=>.

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