Science Magazine
Past articles from Science Magazine (publication of the AAAS) on hurricanes, coastal disasters, and disaster policy.

Architectural Record
Special issue of Architectural Record dedicated to the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the challenge of rebuilding.

Washing Away
2002 five-part series in the New Orleans Times Picayune predicting the dangers and costs of a major hurricane hitting south Louisiana.

Reengineering the Mississippi
2004 article in Civil Engineering describing the rate of land loss and projects for ecological restoration in the Mississippi River Delta region.

Bibliography: Ecology of the Mississippi River Delta
Extensive bibliography on the ecology of the Mississippi River Delta region, posted by the Loyola University Center for Environmental Communications. 

Environmental Impact of Katrina
Links to articles covering the environmental impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Updated daily and posted by the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Whopper: George W. Bush
slate.com article, Sept. 6, 2005. Bush says no one anticipated a breach in the levees. According to slate.com, we've been anticipating a breach since 1832.

Sick City: the Diseases that Katrina Unleashed
slate.com article, Sept. 6, 2005. Infectuous disease, mental health, and other problems in post-Katrina New Orleans.

In Europe, High-tech Flood Control, with Nature's Help
New York Times article, Sept. 6, 2005. Coastal defense in the Netherlands, Venice, London, and Japan as inspiration for solutions in New Orleans.

Sea Level Rise and Subsidence: Implications for Flooding in New Orleans
USGS National Wetlands Research Center article, Sept. 8, 2005. Traces subsidence and sea level trends in New Orleans.

A Sad Truth: Cities Aren't Forever
Washington Post article, Sept. 11, 2005. Considers the prudence of rebuilding New Orleans.

If New Orleans is a Blank Canvas, Many are Poised to Repaint
Washington Post article, Sept. 14, 2005. How we will essentially start over in New Orleans.

Opinion: New Orleans and the Probability Blues
The Chronicle of Higher Education article, Sept. 14, 2005. Importance of probablistic thinking and worst-case scenarios in considering New Orleans.

A Marshy Expanse is Stripped to the Bone
New York Times article, Sept. 15, 2005. NASA Satellite imagery shows hurricane impact on wetlands.

Severe Hurricanes Increasing, Study Finds
Washington Post article, Sept. 16, 2005. Study finds that rising sea temperatures accompany a significant global increase in the most destructive hurricanes. Did global warming cause Katrina?

Life Among the Ruins
Time Magazine article, Sept. 19, 2005. As New Orleans counts its dead, some defiant survivors plot the city's comeback.

We're Getting Out of Here
The Chronicle of Higher Education article, Sept. 2005. Notes from academe: creative writing instructor at the University of New Orleans describes his experiences after Katrina.

9th Ward: History, Yes, but a Future?
Washington Post article, Oct. 3, 2005. Race and class frame the debate on rebuilding the ninth ward.

High Water: How Presidents and Citizens React to Disaster
New Yorker article, Oct. 3, 2005. Compares the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to the aftermath of Hurricane Betsey (1965) and examines the reaction of citizens who ask: Was the flooding of New Orleans an intentional conspiracy?

Is New Orleans Our Lisbon?
Center foer American Progress article, Oct. 20, 2005. Compares Hurrican Katrina to the Lisbon Earthquake in 1655.

Investigators Link Levee Failure to Design Flaws
Washington Post article, Oct. 24, 2005. The three levee breaches in New Orleans look less like natural causes and more like failures in engineering that could have been prevented.

Strength in Swing: What Jazz Can Teach Us about Responding to Katrina
New Republic article, Oct. 31, 2005. Wynton Marsalis on the messages of jazz and swing - equality and steadfastness - and their relevance to the events of Hurricane Katrina.

Louisiana's Marshes Fight for their Lives
New York Times article, Nov. 15, 2005. Louisiana wetlands have suffered after hundreds of years of human and technological intervention. Some areas east of the Mississippi lost 25 percent of their land after Hurricane Katrina.

Storms Put Focus on Other Disasters in Waiting
New York Times article, Nov. 15, 2005. National, state, and local governments reassess disaster preparedness in known risk areas around the country.

Three Months After Katrina, Dutch Rethink Their Own Water Defenses
Environmental News Network article, Nov. 18, 2005. The Dutch focus on disaster preparedness and predicting what a massive hurricane like Katrina could mean for their country.

Moving Beyond Recovery to Restoration and Rebirth: Urban Land Institute Makes Recommendations on Rebuilding New Orleans
Urban Land Institute release, Nov. 18, 2005. "The rebuilding of New Orleans should occur through a phased process that accommodates the immediate needs of its downsized population, and which poises the city for future growth as it evolves from recovery to restoration, reform and rebirth."

SLU Geologist's Advice to Abandon New Orleans Causes Stir
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article, Nov. 22, 2005. Interviewed Sunday on the CBS program "60 Minutes," St. Louis University geologist Timothy Kusky said New Orleans is sinking and should be rebuilt elsewhere.

New Orleans Betrayed
Washington Post article, Jan. 29, 2006. New Orleans has developed a plan for rebuilding, but the Bush administration refuses to honor it.

Time to Move the Mississippi
New York Times, Sept. 18, 2006. Researchers recommend diverting the Mississippi River in order to save Louisiana's wetlands.

Army Corps Proposes Easing Gulf Wetlands Rule
MSNBC, Oct. 19, 2006. Anger greets plan to let developers skip permits to speed Katrina recovery.