How resilient is New Orleans today?

Update: 2025-08-06

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20 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast, researchers from New Orleans, Brookings, and The Data Center are examining how the city has recovered and the challenges it still faces. Manann Donoghoe joins The Current to talk about the extensive new analysis, the many factors that make a city resilient, and the areas policymakers should be investing in to ensure communities can adapt to extreme weather events and other shocks.

Transcript and show notes: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-resilient-is-new-orleans-today

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