Brookings Institution Reports
New Orleans after the Storm: Lessons from the Past, a Plan for the Future
Source: Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution
"Drawing on an analysis of New Orleans' recent development history, New Orleans after the Storm: Lessons from the Past, A Plan for the Future shows how the region's past development trends exacerbated the catastrophe, and suggests how the region might rise again on a better footing by undoing the mistakes of the past."
Executive Summary (PDF; 265 KB) ||| Full Paper (PDF: 3.6 MB)
Katrina's Window: Confronting Concentrated Poverty Across America
Source: Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program
"Hurricane Katrina's assault on New Orleans' most vulnerable residents and neighborhoods has reinvigorated a dialogue on race and class in America. This paper argues that the conversation should focus special attention on alleviating concentrated urban poverty — the segregation of poor families into extremely distressed neighborhoods."
Full Paper (PDF; 326 KB)
Internally Displaced Persons
The Concept of Internal Displacement and the Case for Internally Displaced Persons as a Category of Concern
Source: Refugee Survey Quarterly (via Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement)
"At a time when the IDP issue is a major subject of international discussion, conceptual clarity is essential. Erin Mooney, the Deputy Director of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement...analyzes the different meanings connoted by the term internally displaced person (IDP). She also counters the argument that IDPs should not be a group of particular focus by putting forth a case for IDPs as a category of concern based on indicators of need and vulnerability."
Full Document (PDF; 160 KB)
Source: Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution
"Drawing on an analysis of New Orleans' recent development history, New Orleans after the Storm: Lessons from the Past, A Plan for the Future shows how the region's past development trends exacerbated the catastrophe, and suggests how the region might rise again on a better footing by undoing the mistakes of the past."
Executive Summary (PDF; 265 KB) ||| Full Paper (PDF: 3.6 MB)
Katrina's Window: Confronting Concentrated Poverty Across America
Source: Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program
"Hurricane Katrina's assault on New Orleans' most vulnerable residents and neighborhoods has reinvigorated a dialogue on race and class in America. This paper argues that the conversation should focus special attention on alleviating concentrated urban poverty — the segregation of poor families into extremely distressed neighborhoods."
Full Paper (PDF; 326 KB)
Internally Displaced Persons
The Concept of Internal Displacement and the Case for Internally Displaced Persons as a Category of Concern
Source: Refugee Survey Quarterly (via Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement)
"At a time when the IDP issue is a major subject of international discussion, conceptual clarity is essential. Erin Mooney, the Deputy Director of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement...analyzes the different meanings connoted by the term internally displaced person (IDP). She also counters the argument that IDPs should not be a group of particular focus by putting forth a case for IDPs as a category of concern based on indicators of need and vulnerability."
Full Document (PDF; 160 KB)
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