Date of Award
Fall 12-2017
Degree Type
Dissertation-Restricted
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Program
Urban Studies
Department
Planning and Urban Studies
Major Professor
Pamela Jenkins
Second Advisor
Bethany Stich
Third Advisor
Flozell Daniels
Abstract
This study seeks to understand how local and national newspaper articles and African American residents frame obstacles to returning to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. It explores how recovery planning processes and policy changes influenced the decision-making processes of African Americans displaced to Houston through a content analysis of the media and qualitative interviews with displaced and returned residents. The study shows the media and participants framed disaster recovery policies as creating opportunities and gaps in assistance that varied by location. Participants described how policy decisions that created gaps in assistance compounded the difficulty of returning for working- and middle-class African Americans. The findings suggest planners and policy makers need to consider how disaster recovery policy changes may intersect to create obstacles that impede residents' ability to return and rebuild after disasters.
Contact Dr. Mosby at kmosby517@gmail.com.
Recommended Citation
Mosby, Kim, "Frameworks of Recovery: Exploring the Intersection of Policy & Decision-Making Processes After Hurricane Katrina" (2017). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2421.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2421
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