Research and Journalism Archives

American Society of Civil Engineers

Task Force Releases Their Final Findings for 17th Street Canal Levee Breach and other information (more)

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Special Issue: Shelter from the Storm: Repairing the National Emergency Management System after Hurricane Katrina, Vol. 604, March 2006 (more)

Brookings Institution

Katrina and Rita Impacts on Gulf Coast Populations: First Census Findings (June 2006) (more)

Brookings Institution

Katrina Index: Tracking Variables of Post-Katrina Recovery (July 2006), with links to other reports and media coverage (more)

Brown University

Hurricane Katrina: Who Was Hit? Who Will Return?
Brown sociologist studies the race and class dimensions of Katrina and the aftermath and provides a demographic analysis (more)

Common Ground

Facts on the Ground
A Pre and Post Hurricane Katrina Statistical Snapshot (more)

Cornell University

Public forum on Hurricane Katrina's impact as it relates to race, class and the environment – Sept. 19, 2005 (more)

Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

A global center for people who cover violence (more)

UCLA

A UCLA center on minority health disparities provides information on a mental health outreach program for Katrina survivors.(more)

LSU Library

Hurricane Katrina Information Resources
October 11, 2005
Compiled by the Louisiana State University library with dozens of links to government agencies, newspaper articles, clean up efforts, etc. (more)

LSU Hurricane Center

List of LSU hurricane experts for press (more)

LSU Hurricane Center

New LSU Hurricane Center study shows stricter building codes and better construction practices will dramatically reduce damage from future Mississippi Gulf Coast hurricanes (January 19, 2006) (more)

National Geographic News

Global Warming Link to Hurricane Intensity Questioned (July 28, 2006) (more)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Climate of 2005 Summary of Hurricane Katrina
Capsule information on the storm and its damage (from December 2005) (more)

The New England Journal of Medicine

Special Katrina Issue, Volume 353, Issue 15: October 13, 2005 (more)

NOLA.COM

Floodlines Defined
An interactive timeline of New Orleans' deluge with animation showing the flooding from the Ninth Ward to the North Shore (more)

Open Society Institute

Announces 31 grants to journalists to research Hurricane Katrina (June 29, 2006) (more)

Poynter Institute

This site has scores of commentaries on media coverage and tips for the next time out. (more)

Poynter Institute

This link takes you to material about a conference on covering hurricanes held in December 2005 (more)

Rand Corporation

List of Rand experts on Hurricane Katrina recovery (more)

Rand Corporation

Featured Research on Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery, especially about rebuilding the health sector of metropolitan New Orleans (includes possible health research sources) November 2005 (more)

Science Magazine

"Katrina Leaves Behind a Pile of Scientific Questions," September 23, 2005 (more)

University of Delaware Disaster Research Center

Overview of its study (more)
Plus links to two specific studies
Understanding Katrina: Perspectives from the Social Sciences (more)

U.S. Geological Survey

USGS Reports Preliminary Wetland Loss Estimates for Southeastern Louisiana from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita from 11/05 but includes contact info for USGS (more)

Conferences

Cities and Rivers II
Scholarly website with links to conferences/workshops, articles, data, concerning Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. (more)

Federal Communications Commission Independent Panel

Reviewing the Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks (minutes from five meetings between January and June 2006) (more)

Planetizen

Carless Evacuation Conference - Call For Presentations And Papers
National Conference on Disaster Planning for the Carless Society held at the University of New Orleans, February 8 & 9, 2007 (more)

Reports on Research

New York Times

Ivor van Heerden's 'Storm' Draws Fire at L.S.U.
New York Times article about a professor’s controversial book critiquing the construction and maintenance of New Orleans hurricane protection system.(more)

Washington Post

Natural Disasters in Black and White How Racial Cues Influenced Public Response to Hurricane Katrina
June 8, 2006
Report on experiment investigating how racial cues conveyed in news coverage conditioned Americans' response to Katrina.(more)

Washington Post

The Color of Disaster Assistance: Washington Post Columnist
June 9, 2006
Americans are more willing to provide extended government assistance to white victims of Hurricane Katrina than to African Americans and other minorities -- particularly blacks with darker skin.(more)