A Failure of Initiative: The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina - Lessons Learned Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared The Latest News from Disaster Research August 29, 2006 Editor's Note: This special issue of "Disaster Research" marks the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. A number of reports have been released and Web pages created to commemorate the disaster and remind us that there is still much to be done. Some of these resources are listed below. Additional resources will be noted in future issues as they come to our attention. DISASTER RESEARCH (DR) is a moderated newsletter for creators and users of information regarding hazards and disasters. Reproduction - with acknowledgment - is permitted and encouraged. If you prefer to read this DR on the Web, visit http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/dr/dr460.html. ---------- Speeches and News Releases: Hurricane Katrina: Rebuilding the Gulf Coast Region http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/katrina/ The White House "Continuing Progress: A 1-Year Update on Hurricane Recovery and Rebuilding" http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/GulfCoast_Katrina1yearFactSheet.pdf U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 23 pp. Web Page: Hurricane Katrina - One Year Later http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/2005katrina/anniversary.shtm Federal Emergency Management Agency Web Portal: Hurricane Katrina http://www.katrina.noaa.gov/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Web Page: HUD Katrina Accomplishments - One Year Later http://www.hud.gov/news/katrina05response.cfm U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Transcript: Hurricane Katrina, Coastal Protection and Reconstruction Efforts http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/71049.htm U.S. Department of State, Foreign Press Centers "Broken Promises: The Republican Response to Katrina" http://www.democraticleader.house.gov/pdf/Katrina1Year.pdf U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Democrats, 19 pp. "One Year After Katrina: Progress Report on Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal" http://governorbarbour.com/recovery/documents/oneyearafterkatrina.pdf Office of Governor Haley Barbour, Mississippi, 46 pp. "A Year of Healing: A Red Cross Report on Katrina, Rita & Wilma" http://www.redcross.org/images/pdfs/Katrina_OneYearReport.pdf American Red Cross, 20 pp. Web Page: Katrina: One Year Later http://www.nola.com/katrina/ "The Times-Picayune" "Hurricane Katrina: One Year Later; What Must We Do Next?" http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/Ch9_What%20Must%20We%20Do%20Next.pdf American Society of Civil Engineers, 13 pp. "Building a Better New Orleans: A Review of and Plan for Progress One Year after Hurricane Katrina" http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20060822_Katrina.htm The Brookings Institution, 48 pp. "Special Edition of the Katrina Index: A One-Year Review of Key Indicators of Recovery in Post-Storm New Orleans" http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/200512_KatrinaIndex.htm The Brookings Institution, 16 pp. "Forgotten Communities, Unmet Promises: An Unfolding Tragedy on the Gulf Coast" http://www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/publications/briefing_papers/briefing_paper.2006-08-21.1978258942?unique=1993460895 Oxfam America, 52 pp. "Envisioning a Better Mississippi: Hurricane Katrina and Mississippi - One Year Later" http://www.naacp.org/news/press/Mississippi.pdf Mississippi State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 81 pp. "The Faces of Hurricane Katrina: A Portrait of Poverty Throughout America" http://www.civilrights.org/press_room/KatrinaPaperandFAQs.pdf Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, 5 pp. "GulfGov Reports: One Year Later" http://rockinst.org/GulfGov/media/GulfGov1stReport_FINAL.pdf The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 62 pp. "After the Storm: Social Capital Regrouping in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina" http://www.mercatus.org/repository/docLib/20060823_After_the_Storm.pdf Mercatus Center, George Mason University, 40 pp. Television Program: "Washing Away - Losing Louisiana" http://www.lpb.org/programs/washingaway/ Louisiana Public Broadcasting "Overview of Baseline Survey Results: Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Group" http://www.hurricanekatrina.med.harvard.edu/pdf/baseline_report%208-25-06.pdf Harvard Medical School, Department of Health Care Policy, 108 pp. ----------- DISASTER RESEARCH (DR) is a moderated newsletter issued by the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder for creators and users of information regarding hazards and disasters. |