Week 11- Resilience and Adaptation Planning

Week 11- Resilience and Adaptation Planning

This week's texts describe techniques to come back from a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina.

Black Feminism and Radical Planning: New Directions For Disaster Planning Research, written by Fayola Jacobs,  addresses the shortcomings of disaster relief in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. She asserts that black feminism, radical planning theory, (see vocab section) and community involvement are essential for future disasters. Additionally, she believes that most knowledge surrounding social vulnerability neglects community knowledge, which is why past disaster cleanup efforts have been so.......disastrous. 

The Executive summary by The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority outlines the group's plans to protect the gulf coast. They describe it as "A $50 billion investment designed to build and maintain land, reduce flood risk, and provide habitats to support ecosystems". I liked this source a lot because it outlined the problem and then offered solutions, which include funding structural protection, shoreline protection, ridge restoration, etc. 

Vocabulary:

Black feminism: School of thought in which the intersections of marginalized groups are recognized. It is often associated with direct action.

Radical Planning Theory: Asserts that Community based planning is the most effective approach to disaster mitigation. 

Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority- a group dedicated to maintaining land and reducing flood risk.