Enhancing equity with public participatory GIS in hurricane rebuilding: faith based organizations, community mapping, and policy advocacy

Duval-Diop, Dominique; Curtis, Andrew; Clark, Annie

doi:10.1080/15575330903288854

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“…Such displacement again has health consequences, including stress from the evacuation, stress from long stays in evacuation shelters and temporary residences, infectious disease spread in the evacuation shelters, and several mental and physical challenges in the eventual return to a damaged home and the struggle to return to pre-event normalcy. This prolonged stress legacy is disproportionately carried by minority and resource-limited cohorts for several reasons including financial 'gaps' between insurance and the actual rebuilding cost; a lack of a political voice arguing for neighbourhood rights; and carrying chronic health burdens exacerbated by the disaster, which physically hinder recovery (Bourque et al, 2006;Curtis et al, 2007;Duval-Diop et al, 2010;Madrid et al, 2006). A further possible consequence of both the disaster and then this prolonged stress burden is the impact on pregnancies, especially as it is acknowledged there is an association between negative life events and adverse birth outcomes (Mason et al, 2009).…”

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The post‐disaster negative health legacy: pregnancy outcomes in Louisiana after Hurricane Andrew

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Curtis

2015

Disasters

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Disasters and displacement increasingly affect and challenge urban settings. How do pregnant women fare in the aftermath of a major disaster? This paper investigates the effect of pregnancies in disaster situations. The study tests a hypothesis that pregnant women residing in hurricane-prone areas suffer higher health risks. The setting is Louisiana in the Gulf Coast, United States, a state that continually experiences hurricane impacts. The time period for the analysis is three years following the landfall of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. We analysed low birth weight and preterm deliveries before and after landfall, as a whole and by race. Findings support an association between hazards and health of a community and indicate that pregnant women in the affected area, irrespective of race, are more likely to experience preterm deliveries compared to pre-event births. Results suggest there is a negative health legacy impact in Louisiana as a result of hurricane landfall.

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The post‐disaster negative health legacy: pregnancy outcomes in Louisiana after Hurricane Andrew

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Curtis

2015

Disasters

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“…Warren and Wood () illustrate how faith‐based community action can not only produce forms of social capital that bring together inter‐faith organizations and political networks, but also how it can provide the basis for developing a political culture that is democratic. Moreover, Duval‐Diop, Curtis, and Clark () illustrate through their case study of Churches Supporting Churches (CSC), an inter‐denominational organization of national and local churches in the New Orleans region, how faith‐based organizations are capable of breaking through ideological boundaries to advocate for policies that best meet the needs of vulnerable communities in the disaster recovery process. Specifically, this organization strives toward enabling and building the capacity of churches to act as agents for social change and redevelopment within their respective communities, which is also manifested in their strategy to help pastors and other church members become policy advocates by connecting them with local, state, and national officials that can influence community disaster recovery and broad community redevelopment practices (CSC, ).…”

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Social Capital, Community Resilience, and Faith‐Based Organizations in Disaster Recovery: A Case Study of Mary Queen of Vietnam Catholic Church

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2014

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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Because governmental structures put in place to mitigate disaster risks and aid communities in the disaster recovery process have, at times, proven to be inadequate, reliance on other types of organizations is necessary for some communities to survive. Although there are a number of different actors that played a role in the reestablishment of communities within New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina took place, the Mary Queen of Vietnam (MQVN) Catholic Church is a prime example of how a community-based organization stepped in to address the needs of its community. This article examines how MQVN garnered social capital within its surrounding community to pursue successful community development in the absence of and opposition to governmental support and political resistance. This article will first review the government failure and decrease in civic trust that fostered a robust third-sector response in disaster recovery and redevelopment. Then, using social capital theory, the article supports the notion that civic distrust and confidence is derived from government and institutional performance, rather than increasing individualism or declining social trust. Finally, implications for federal disaster policy and third-sector disaster interventions are proposed.

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“…Alternatively, in a post-disaster neighborhood with slow recovery, the pattern of blight and residential occupancy has not occurred because of internal design, but rather as a combination of external forces that impact individuals, such as economics, politics, and even health (Duval-Diop et al, 2010). Differences between blight and crime in post-disaster environments (as opposed to the commonly studied inner-city urban conditions) are not just a result in variation in origin, but also portend new spatial relationships.…”

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Crime in Urban Post-Disaster Environments: A Methodological Framework from New Orleans

Curtis

Mills

2011

Urban Geography

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This paper considers the interrelationship between residential occupancy status, blight, and crime. An analytical frame is provided for a fine-scale analysis that is sufficiently flexible to capture both spatial and temporal dynamism in field-collected data. Unlike other works linking crime to evidence of disorder within neighborhoods, this paper considers this relationship in terms of neighborhoods affected by an external event (natural disaster), which results in more dynamic spatial and temporal patterns as the neighborhood is in a state of flux. As a result, new means of data collection and analysis are required, as any fine-scale relationship is longitudinal as well as cross sectional. The focus here is on the interrelationship of post-disaster residential occupancy, building conditions, and crime incidence for the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans as it recovers from Hurricane Katrina. Results suggest that crime is inversely related to the amount of activity on a recovering street. [

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Enhancing equity with public participatory GIS in hurricane rebuilding: faith based organizations, community mapping, and policy advocacy

Cited by 32 publications

References 13 publications

The post‐disaster negative health legacy: pregnancy outcomes in Louisiana after Hurricane Andrew

The post‐disaster negative health legacy: pregnancy outcomes in Louisiana after Hurricane Andrew

Social Capital, Community Resilience, and Faith‐Based Organizations in Disaster Recovery: A Case Study of Mary Queen of Vietnam Catholic Church

Crime in Urban Post-Disaster Environments: A Methodological Framework from New Orleans

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