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RAND researchers supported the development of Louisiana's draft 2012 master plan to guide state investment in coastal protection. This includes a new hurricane flood risk model to assess strategies to reduce flood damage and a planning framework and decision support tool that compares risks associated with various land-building projects.
Selected ResearchSince Hurricane Katrina touched down in New Orleans seven years ago, RAND and our colleagues have examined the lessons learned from the storm. These analyses have highlighted:
The Transformation of a School System
Household Structure and Social Vulnerability: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Navigating the Road to Recovery
The Nongovernmental Sector in Disaster Resilience
The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Long-Term Human Recovery After Disaster
Tools & ResourcesThe Community Resilience Roadmap
Increasingly, community leaders are being asked to develop local strategies for building resilience to disasters. These strategies must include government and nongovernment stakeholders who may be part of local emergency planning committees or related community planning teams. This roadmap outlines eight “levers” of resilience, or means of achieving community resilience:
Web-Based Training on Building Community Resilience
To provide more concrete information on planning elements and processes for building community resilience, RAND is developing a web-based training module that will introduce a 10-item community resilience planning checklist. RAND will release the final module this fall, 2012. Frequently Asked QuestionsDoes community resilience require a lot of new resources or operational changes for my department / program?There is great synergy among what government agencies, community businesses, and nonprofits already do to maintain the health and well-being of the population and what these organizations can do to support the ongoing resilience of a community to large-scale disasters. A public health department can integrate tips about emergency preparedness into its existing community outreach programs (e.g., campaigns to increase vaccination uptake). A business already engaged in social entrepreneurism can use this model to create smart rebuilding plans after a disaster. It is not always about doing more—it is about achieving greater alignment.
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Get InvolvedWe want to hear from you! Share your ideas about building community resilience so that we can discuss your concerns in future issues of this newsletter or in the podcast. Contact us at communityresilience@rand.org.
SponsorsThis newsletter is a product of the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute and is made possible with support from the Charles M. and Mary D. Grant Foundation.
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