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- Title
Unequal Return: The Uneven Resettlements of New Orleans' Uptown Neighborhoods.
- Authors
Elliott, James R.; Hite, Amy Bellone; Devine, Joel A.
- Abstract
This article examines early resettlement of four neighborhoods in New Orleans' Uptown district, which was among the first areas to officially reopen for residential return. Drawing on survey data collected from more than 400 households, results show that even in relatively unflooded sections of town, racial and class disparities shaped early returns and accumulated to the disadvantage of African American residents of the city. A key mechanism behind this cumulative disadvantage was that neighborhoods that were predominantly White were disproportionately spared by flooding from the disaster and, consequently, better positioned to host displaced residents from more damaged parts of New Orleans. Because racial boundaries shape housing and social aid networks, White residents from damaged parts of the city became more likely to relocate to these early areas of resettlement, allowing White residents as a whole to play a disproportionate role in the city's early planning and recovery efforts.
- Subjects
NEW Orleans (La.); LOUISIANA; DISASTERS; HAZARDOUS geographic environments; EMERGENCY management; DISASTER insurance; AFRICAN Americans; HOUSEHOLD ecology; NEIGHBORHOODS
- Publication
Organization & Environment, 2009, Vol 22, Issue 4, p410
- ISSN
1086-0266
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1086026609347184