New Orleans DMC
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Sponsoring organizations:
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (www.asce.org)
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) (www.edf.org)
The challenge of living with water is one shared by deltaic communities around the world.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in post-Katrina New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region, where people live with a daily awareness of the threat, and opportunities, of water. New Orleans and the coastal parishes of Louisiana have survived the catastrophic consequences of Hurricane Katrina caused by both natural and human activities. But the costs have been enormous in terms of human life, the deep and continuing hardships for many survivors, and the loss of traditional ways of life richly grounded in a distinctive cultural milieu.
The 2010 Building Resilience Workshop addressed a broad range of issues, with discussions
Centered on sustainable approaches to rebuilding a culture of resilience in southern Louisiana, spurred by impending climate change. The BRW 2011 will focus on the role of sustainability and resilience in mitigating catastrophic disaster. The emphasis will be on improving the region's resilience by implementing strategies aimed at both avoiding harmful consequences and facilitating rapid recovery from extreme hurricane events. It will be a special focus of this year's Building Resilience Workshop II to capitalize on advances in research in the global arena.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in post-Katrina New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region, where people live with a daily awareness of the threat, and opportunities, of water. New Orleans and the coastal parishes of Louisiana have survived the catastrophic consequences of Hurricane Katrina caused by both natural and human activities. But the costs have been enormous in terms of human life, the deep and continuing hardships for many survivors, and the loss of traditional ways of life richly grounded in a distinctive cultural milieu.
The 2010 Building Resilience Workshop addressed a broad range of issues, with discussions
Centered on sustainable approaches to rebuilding a culture of resilience in southern Louisiana, spurred by impending climate change. The BRW 2011 will focus on the role of sustainability and resilience in mitigating catastrophic disaster. The emphasis will be on improving the region's resilience by implementing strategies aimed at both avoiding harmful consequences and facilitating rapid recovery from extreme hurricane events. It will be a special focus of this year's Building Resilience Workshop II to capitalize on advances in research in the global arena.