Natural Hazards and Risks in Structural Engineering Modul „Disaster Management and mitigation strategies“ Prof. Dr. Frank Eckardt THE SOCIOLOGY OF DISASTER THE SOCIOLOGY OF KATRINA PART 3: RECOVERY LECTURE 5

1.Damage analysis 2.Community recovery 3.Lessons from Katrina CONTENT

 1,800 killed persons  1,2 million displaced persons  2,5 million residences were damaged  300,000 houses destroyed  107,000 houses in New Orleans flooded  Financial damage: $ 100 billion 1. DAMAGE ANALYSIS

 1,800 killed persons  1,2 million displaced persons  2,5 million residences were damaged  300,000 houses destroyed  107,000 houses in New Orleans flooded  Financial damage: $ 100 billion 1. DAMAGE ANALYSIS

 1,800 killed persons  1,2 million displaced persons  2,5 million residences were damaged  300,000 houses destroyed  107,000 houses in New Orleans flooded  Financial damage: $ 100 billion 1. DAMAGE ANALYSIS

 Race differences: White twice as much likely to suffer damages  Different effects on habitability: Whites have been twice as much able to stay at home  Quality of housing preconditioned damage sufferage: Poor housing was more effected by winds than floods in the wider area of Louisiana 1. DAMAGE ANALYSIS

Recovery means (Tierney et al. 2001): 1.Return of ressidents 2.Reuniting of families 3.Reestablishment of daily routines 4.Restoration of a sense of community 2. COMMUNITY RECOVERY

1. Return of ressidents  Majority stayed away between one and six months  Avarage stayed away for 10 months  One fifth never returned to their homes again (Half of them with regret)  Racial differences: African Americans stayed longer displaced (average 13 months) 2. COMMUNITY RECOVERY

2. Reuniting with family  More than 70 % reunited within one month  Local differences: Louisiana had longer times of seperation than Mississippi  African Americans are three times more likely to suffer from a seperation longer than 6 months 2. COMMUNITY RECOVERY

3. Insurance Settlements and Grant Awards  Claims were nearly completed after six months  Private insurances granted to 90 per cent  State grant programmes rejected every fourth application  No racial divide with regard to state programmes  Private insurances granted more and quicker to white applicants  The procedures were experienced as extra stress (Worst case: Louisiana Road Home program: 75 % reported stress) 2. COMMUNITY RECOVERY

4. Sense of Community  COMMUNITY RECOVERY

1.Encourage and assist non profit organizations to continue to play an important role in planning for and responding to disasters 2.Develop and clarify a framework to address the meaning of capacity-development for disaster recovery and redevelopment 3.Incorporate multiple capacity-development approaches 4.Offer ongoing assessment and feedback opportunities 3. LESSONS FROM KATRINA (KLEINER ET AL., 2010)