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CIAO DATE: 3/5/2007
Katrina Index: Tracking Recovery of New Orleans and the Metro Area
February 2007
Abstract
Beginning in December 2005, the Katrina Index began monitoring the social and economic recovery of the Gulf Coast region, especially the New Orleans area, from the storm’s impact in August 2005. Relying on nearly 40 indicators, the Index has aimed to provide members of the media, key decisionmakers, nonprofit and private sector groups, and researchers with an independent, fact-based, one-stop resource to monitor and evaluate the progress of on-the-ground recovery.
Starting in 2007, The Katrina Index is being released as a joint collaboration between the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center and the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program. The goal of this collaboration is to bring an even better, more tailored assessment of recovery to this Index’s many users.
