Post-Catastrophe Reconstruction: Case Studies of Japan, Chile, Haiti, and New OrleansULI Fall Conference – Los Angeles 2011

Alexandra Stroud AIA, LEED APDirector,

Tulane Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development program

astroud1@tulane.edu

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Statistics from Katrina and the related flooding

• Flooding in New Orleans. When the levees protecting New Orleans failed in August 2005, approximately 80 percent of the city was flooded. Some areas received one foot of flooding while others were submerged by more than 10 feet of water

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Statistics from Katrina and the related flooding

• Flooding in New Orleans. When the levees protecting New Orleans failed in August 2005, approximately 80 percent of the city was flooded. Some areas received one foot of flooding while others were submerged by more than 10 feet of water

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Less than a high school degreefor the population 25 years and older

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Statistics from Katrina and the related flooding

• Deaths. at least 1,464 Louisiana residents. The major causes of death include: drowning (40%), injury and trauma (25%), and heart conditions (11%). Nearly half of all victims were over the age of 74.

Courtesy of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center

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Statistics from Katrina and the related flooding

• Displaced residents. More than a million people in the Gulf Coast region. Many people returned home within days, but up to 600,000 households were still displaced a month later.

At their peak, hurricane evacuee shelters housed 273,000 people and, later, FEMA trailers housed at least 114,000 households.

Courtesy of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center

Less than a high school degreefor the population 25 years and older

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Statistics from Katrina and the related flooding

• Population decrease. – April 2000 - 484,674 before Katrina (April 2000) – Orleans Parish– July 2006 — to an estimated 208,548 after Katrina

(a decrease of 276,126 people and a loss of over half of the city’s population)– April of 2010, the population was back up to 343,829 — (71% of what it was in

2000)

The metro area, with 1,167,764 residents, has 89 percent of its 2000 population of 1,316,510.

• Secondary Schools enrollment decreased to 47 percent in post K enrollment

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Statistics from Katrina and the related flooding

• Housing damage. More than a million housing units in the Gulf Coast region.

About half of these damaged units were located in Louisiana.

In New Orleans alone, 134,000 housing units — 70% of all occupied units — suffered damage from Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding.

Courtesy of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center

Less than a high school degreefor the population 25 years and older

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Statistics from Katrina and the related flooding

• Total damages. The total damages from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were $150 billion — $135 billion from Katrina and $15 billion from Rita.

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Statistics from Katrina and the related flooding

• Total damages. The total damages from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were $150 billion — $135 billion from Katrina and $15 billion from Rita.

Courtesy of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center

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Statistics from Katrina and the related flooding

• Blight and habitable vacant properties. Pre-Katrina in Orleans Parish 18,388March 2007

98,402March 2008

77,486March 2009

72,615March 2010

63,995September 201059,535

Courtesy of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center

*Based on USPS addresses vacant longer than 90 days – some margin for error based on available data post storm

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Master and Recovery Planning

•Bring Back New Orleans Commission – established by Mayor Nagin in October 2005 - January 2007

Commissioned Urban Land Institute Master PlanULI released its final report on November 18, 2005

•The Lambert Plan - New Orleans Neighborhoods Rebuilding Plan September 23, 2006

•Unified New Orleans Plan (UNOP) – Recovery Plan enacted by the Louisiana Recovery Authority October 2006 - January 2007

Plan for the 21st Century: New Orleans 2030 – enacted August 12, 2010

City of New Orleans and NOLA.com

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Homeowner Recovery

Courtesy of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center

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Philanthropic giving. more than double the giving for either the 2004 South Asian Tsunami or 9/11hool degreefor the population 25 years and older

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Charitable and insurance funding do not close the gap

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Less than a high school degreefor the population 25 years and older

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“Big Four” Public Housing Redevelopments3,077 occupied units prior to the storm

Lafitte - 896 existing unitsProposed 1500 units on and offsite

CJ Peete - 1403 existing unitsProposed - 510 units

St Bernard– 1400 existing unitsProposed - 624 units

BW Cooper - 1550 existing unitsProposed - 660 units

Courtesy of nola.com and Enterprise Community Partners

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Choice Neighborhoods Redevelopment awarded August 2011

IbervilleHRI Developers with McCormack Baron Salazar821 units, 441 occupied

913 mixed income units proposed

The New Orleans metro has weathered the recession relatively well, buffered by the “stimulus” of Katrina rebuilding

investments.

•Source: GNOCDC analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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