Business return in New Orleans: decision making amid post-Katrina uncertainty. by Nina S N Lam, Kelley Pace, Richard Campanella, James Lesage, Helbert Arenas

“…BACKGROUND: Empirical observations on how businesses respond after a major catastrophe are rare, especially for a catastrophe as great as Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2005. …”
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The Long-Term Hydraulic Efficiency of Green Infrastructure under Sea Level: Performance of Raingardens, Swales and Permeable Pavement in New Orleans by Floris Boogaard, Daan Rooze, Roelof Stuurman

“…As part of the solution to make New Orleans climate adaptive, green infrastructure has been implemented that enable rainfall infiltration and evapotranspiration of stored water after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The long-term efficiency of infiltrating water under sea level with low permeable soils and high groundwater tables is often questioned. …”
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Effective Leadership in Public Organizations: The Impact of Organizational Structure in Asian Countries by Jesus N. Valero

“…There are numerous documented cases where the lack of leadership skills has been linked to major social and economic losses as a result of poor disaster response (e.g., Hurricane Katrina in the U.S.). Yet, leadership is a complex concept and numerous theoretical frameworks have been developed to help explain it (Van Wart 2005). …”
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The large-scale impact of climate change to Mississippi flood hazard in New Orleans by T. L. A. Driessen, M. van Ledden

“…Its vulnerability to flooding became dramatically apparent during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 with huge economic losses and a large number of casualties. …”
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Development and Application of an Empirical Dune Growth Model for Evaluating Barrier Island Recovery from Storms by P. Soupy Dalyander, Rangley C. Mickey, Davina L. Passeri, Nathaniel G. Plant

“…EDGR was assessed against observed dune evolution along the western end of Dauphin Island, Alabama over the 10 years following Hurricane Katrina (2005). The root mean square error with EDGR (ranging from 0.18 to 0.74 m over the model domain) was reduced compared to an alternate no-change model (0.69–0.96 m). …”
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Exporting resilience : evaluating US-Netherlands collaborations aimed at enhancing flooding resilience in New York City and New Orleans by Willner, Matthew Scott

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Use of composite environmental indicators in residential construction by Hall, Terianne C

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Hybrid & electric vehicle technology and its market feasibility by Jeon, Sang Yeob

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Evaluation and prediction of 17th Street Canal I-wall stability using numerical limit analyses by Yuan, Yixing, Whittle, Andrew

“…Numerical limit analyses have been used to evaluate the stability of the 17th Street Canal I-wall levee during Hurricane Katrina. The potential formation of a water-filled gap along the canal-side soil-wall interface at failure is included in both the lower and upper bound formulations. …”
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Rightsizing Shrinking Cities: The Urban Design Dimension [book chapter] by Ryan, Brent D.

“…Even in New Orleans, a city that had good reasons to make deliberate decisions about where residents and others should not rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, political fears and widespread citizen opposition stymied rightsizing decisions.1 Just as suburban developers resent planners’ proclaiming that they may not develop a parcel of farmland, residents of New Orleans resented that planners might transform their property or even their neighborhood into swampland.…”
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Food Insecurity as a Predictor of Hurricane Exposure among Underserved Adolescents by Katherine R. Arlinghaus, Daphne C. Hernandez, Craig Johnston

“…Adolescents self-reported hurricane exposure three weeks post-hurricane using both the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Hurricane and Assessment Referral Tool and Survey of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees. Affirmative answers to lacking access to food, water, or medicine, being rescued, home damage, and displacement were each given a score of one and summed to create an overall hurricane exposure score. …”
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Recovering Place: On the Agency by Joern Langhorst

“…<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Based on the author&rsquo;s ongoing involvement in the recovery after hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the Lower Ninth Ward neighbourhood in particular, this paper discusses the implications of alternative strategies and tactics involved in the recovery, restoration and rebuilding of post-disaster landscapes. …”
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Population in floodplains or close to sea level increased in US but declined in some counties—especially among Black residents by James G Titus

“…Although this emigration was particularly great in the 2000s after Hurricane Katrina, it totaled 170 000 for the entire 30-year period. …”
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Long-term healthcare provider availability following large-scale hurricanes: A difference-in-differences study. by Sue Anne Bell, Katarzyna Klasa, Theodore J Iwashyna, Edward C Norton, Matthew A Davis

“…<h4>Background</h4>Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy were two of the most significant disasters of the 21st century that critically impacted communities and the health of their residents. …”
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Childhood obesity and the associated roles of neighborhood and biologic stress by Katherine P. Theall, M. Pia Chaparro, Kara Denstel, Alissa Bilfield, Stacy S. Drury

“…Children were matched on their propensity for living in a high violence neighborhood and previous exposure to Hurricane Katrina. Primary neighborhood exposure included violent crime, operationalized as crime rates within specific radii of children's home. …”
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A systematic review of the burden of hypertension, access to services and patient views of hypertension in humanitarian crisis settings by Oyinlola Oyebode, James Keasley, Saran Shantikumar, William Proto, Majel McGranahan, Amar Sabouni, Farah Kidy

“…They reported on a range of crises including the wars in Syria and Iraq, the Great East Japan Earthquake, Hurricane Katrina and Palestinian refugees. There were few studies from Africa or Asia (excluding Japan). …”
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Global storm tide modeling with ADCIRC v55: unstructured mesh design and performance by W. J. Pringle, D. Wirasaet, K. J. Roberts, J. J. Westerink

“…Our recommended global mesh design (MinEle <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 1.5 km) based on these results was locally refined down to two separate MinEle values (500 and 150 m) at the coastal landfall locations of two intense storms (Hurricane Katrina and Super Typhoon Haiyan) to demonstrate the model's capability for coastal storm tide simulations and to test the sensitivity to local mesh refinement. …”
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Mitigating Health Disparities After Natural Disasters: Lessons From The RISK Project: Study examines mitigating health disparities after natural disasters. by Raker, Ethan J, Arcaya, Mariana C, Lowe, Sarah R, Zacher, Meghan, Rhodes, Jean, Waters, Mary C

“…We filled this gap by conducting a fifteen-year (2003– 2018) prospective study of low-income, predominantly Black parents who experienced Hurricane Katrina: the Resilience in Survivors of Katrina (RISK) Project. …”
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A disaster response system based on human-agent collectives by Ramchurn, S, Huynh, T, Wu, F, Ikuno, Y, Flann, J, Moreau, L, Fischer, J, Jiang, W, Rodden, T, Simpson, E, Reece, S, Roberts, S, Jennings, N

“…Major natural or man-made disasters such as Hurricane Katrina or the 9/11 terror attacks pose significant challenges for emergency responders. …”

Climate change and sustainable urban planning policies: case study, Southeast Queensland, Australia by Kozlowski, Marek

“…Unexpected heatwaves in Paris and Moscow, unusual intensity of Hurricane Katrina and the recent super storm Sandy are only a few examples of adverse impacts of climate change. …”
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