Katrina, New Orleans, and the Nation
Two new releases from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program offer ways in which the federal government can best invest in the recovery of the New Orleans region and, additionally, address the endemic concentrated poverty found all too often in other cities around the country.
The first, New Orleans After the Storm: Lessons from the Past, a Plan for the Future, offers a federal agenda for rebuilding the region, based on the unique socio-economic and physical topography that rendered the deluge all the more tragic, with particular attention to the federal policies that served to concentrate those most vulnerable to the storm.
http://www.brookings.org/metro/pubs/20051012_NewOrleans.htm
Beyond New Orleans, the second report, Katrina's Window: Confronting Concentrated Poverty Across America, identifies pervasive concentrations of poverty, similar to those in New Orleans, in cities across the country, recommending a synthesis of existing policy tools to restore economic choice to these neighborhoods.
http://www.brookings.org/metro/pubs/20051012_Concentratedpoverty.htm
