Rebirth on the Bayou - Lessons from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast | Brookings Institution

At this sixth anniversary of Katrina, a new book by the Brookings Institution Press, Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita, attempts to answer the question, "what have New Orleans and Mississippi taught us?"

The contributors, many from the region, provide a rich portrait of post-disaster recovery and the challenges local leaders confronted in trying to remake a region in the face of multiple disasters.

The region needs to step boldly into a more innovative, energy diverse, post-recession economy that delivers meaningful prospects for residents. A deep investment in coastal wetland recovery must complement the re-opening of oil leases off the shores of Louisiana and Mississippi...

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