New Orleans' Resilience Story
Abstract
New Orleans has had unique experience in dealing with and recovering from major urban emergencies. From Hurricanes Katrina and Isaac to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to the city's frequent boil water advisories, New Orleans has learned important lessons about what it takes to become a vibrant, resilient city that serves all its residents — particularly its most vulnerable. The city of New Orleans released its Resilience Strategy on August 28, 2015. On September 12, 2016, the city released its One-Year Progress Update, sharing its key milestones.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017AGUFMNG41B..01H
- Keywords:
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- 3305 Climate change and variability;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES;
- 4327 Resilience;
- NATURAL HAZARDS;
- 4425 Critical phenomena;
- NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS;
- 4440 Fractals and multifractals;
- NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS