Hurricane Katrina Resources
Updated: October 27, 2006
The purpose of this page is to provide a list of useful resources that examine the Hurricane Katrina disaster. To limit the scope of the page and for the purposes of quality control, the resources below are relevant to the event itself and not just what it means for the future of the hazards and disasters field and are limited to government reports, books, a few pertinent Web sites, and peer-reviewed journal articles. This page will be updated on a regular basis.
Government Reports
Federal Emergency Management Agency. 2006. Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast: Mitigation assessment team report, building rerformance observations, recommendations, and technical guidance. Washington, DC: FEMA. www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=1857
Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks. 2006. Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks: Report and Recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission. Washington, DC: Wiley Rein and Fielding. www.fcc.gov/eb/hkip/karrp.pdf
Knabb, R.D., J.R. Rhome, and D.P. Brown. 2005. Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Katrina, 23-30 August 2005. Miami: National Hurricane Center. www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/TCR-AL122005_Katrina.pdf
National Institute of Standards and Technology. 2006. Performance of physical structures in Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita: A reconnaissance report. NIST Technical Note 1476. Gaithersburg, MD: NIST. www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/hurricane_report060906.htm
National Weather Service. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: August 23-31, 2005. Service Assessment. Silver Spring, MD: NWS. www.weather.gov/om/assessments/pdfs/Katrina.pdf
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2006. Performance evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana hurricane protection system: Draft final report of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force. N.p.: USACE. https://ipet.wes.army.mil/
See also:National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects. 2006. Structural performance of the New Orleans hurricane protection system during Hurricane Katrina: Letter report. Washington, DC: National Academies. www.nap.edu/catalog/11591.html
National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects. 2006. Second Report of the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council Committee on New Orleans regional hurricane protection projects. Washington, DC: National Academies. www.nap.edu/catalog/11668.html
Seed, R., R.I. Abdelmalak, A.G. Athanasopoulos, R.G. Bea, G.P. Boutwell, J.D. Bray, J.-L. Briaud, C. Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, J. Cohen-Waeber, B.D. Collins, L. Ehrensing, D. Farber, M. Hanenmann, L.F. Harder, M.S. Inamine, K.S. Inkabi, A.M. Kammerer, D. Karadeniz, R.E. Kayen, R.E.S. Moss, J. Nicks, S. Nimala, J.M. Pestana, J. Porter, K. Rhee, M.F. Riemer, K. Roberts, J.D. Rogers, R. Storesund, A. Thompson, A.V. Govindasamy, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. Wartman, C.M. Watkins, E. Wenk, and S. Yim. 2006. Investigation of the performance of the New Orleans flood protection systems in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Draft Final Report. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. www.ce.berkeley.edu/~new_orleans/
U.S. Congress. U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on Government Reform. 2006. A failure of initiative: The final report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. 109th Cong., 2nd sess. H. Rpt. 109-377. www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/katrina.html
U.S. Congress. U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on Government Reform. 2006. A failure of initiative: Supplemental report and document annex. 109th Cong., 2nd sess. H. Rpt. 109-396. www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/katrinasupp.html
U.S. Congress. U.S. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: A nation still unprepared. Washington, DC: Senate. http://hsgac.senate.gov/_files/Katrina/FullReport.pdf
See also: http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Links.Katrina
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. 2006. Nursing home emergency preparedness and response during recent hurricanes. Washington, DC: HHS. www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-06
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General. 2006. A performance review of FEMA’s disaster management activities in response to Hurricane Katrina. Washington, DC: DHS. www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/OIG_06-32_Mar06.pdf
U.S. Department of Justice. Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force. 2006. Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force: First year report to the Attorney General. Washington, CD: DOJ. www.usdoj.gov/katrina/Katrina_Fraud/docs/09-12-06
AGprogressrpt.pdf
White House. 2006. The federal response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons learned. Washington, DC: White House. www.whitehouse.gov/reports/katrina-lessons-learned.pdf
Government Accountability Office Reports
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2005. Army Corps of Engineers: History of the Lake Ponchartrain and vicinity hurricane protection project. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06244t.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2005. Army Corps of Engineers: Lake Pontchartrain and vicinity hurricane protection project. GAO-05-1050T. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d051050t.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Coast Guard: Observations on the preparation, response, and recovery missions related to Hurricane Katrina. Washington, DC: GAO. GAO-06-903. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06903.pdf.
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Disaster preparedness: Preliminary observations on the evacuation of hospitals and nursing homes due to hurricanes. GAO-06-443R. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06443r.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Disaster Preparedness: Preliminary observations on the evacuation of vulnerable populations due to hurricanes and other disasters. 2006. GAO-06-790T. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06790t.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Expedited assistance for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: FEMA’s control weaknesses exposed the government to significant fraud and abuse. GAO-06-403T. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06403t.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Expedited assistance for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: FEMA’s control weaknesses exposed the government to significant fraud and abuse. GAO-06-655. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06655.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: Better plans and exercises needed to guide the military’s response to catastrophic natural disasters. GAO-06-643. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06643.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: Comprehensive policies and procedures are needed to ensure appropriate use of and accountability for international assistance. GAO-06-460. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06460.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: GAO’s preliminary observations regarding preparedness, response, and recovery. GAO-06-442T. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06442t.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: Policies and procedures are needed to ensure appropriate use of and accountability for international assistance. GAO-06-600T. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06600t.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2005. Hurricane Katrina: Providing oversight of the nation’s preparedness, response, and recovery activities. GAO-05-1053T. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d051053t.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: Status of the health care system in New Orleans and difficult decisions related to efforts to rebuild it approximately 6 months after Hurricane Katrina. GAO-06-576R. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06576r.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Hurricane protection: Statutory and regulatory framework for levee maintenance and agency management of contractors responding to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. GAO-06-322T. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06322t.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Coordination between FEMA and the Red Cross should be improved for the 2006 hurricane season. GAO-06-712. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06712.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Provision of charitable assistance. 2005. GAO-06-297T. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06297t.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita disaster relief: Improper and potentially fraudulent individual assistance payments estimated to be between $600 million and $1.4 billion. GAO-06-844T. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06844t.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Unprecedented challenges exposed the Individuals and Households Program to fraud and abuse; actions needed to reduce such problems in future. GAO-06-1013. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d061013.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Lessons learned for protecting and educating children after the Gulf Coast hurricanes. GAO-06-680R. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06680r.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Statement by Comptroller General David M. Walker on GAO’s preliminary observations regarding preparedness and response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. GAO-06-365R. Washington, DC: GAO. www.gao.gov/new.items/d06365r.pdf
Congressional Research Service Reports
Bea, K. 2006. Emergency supplemental appropriations for Hurricane Katrina relief. Order Code RS22239. 5/16/06. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RS22239/
Bowman, S., L. Kapp, and A. Belasco. 2005. Hurricane Katrina: DOD disaster response. Order Code RL33095. 9/19/05. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RL33095/
Carter, N.T. 2005. New Orleans levees and floodwalls: Hurricane damage protection. Order Code RS22238. 9/8/05. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RS22238/
Cashell, B.W. 2005. The macroeconomic effects of Hurricane Katrina. Order Code RS22260. 9/13/05. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RS22260/
Congressional Research Service. Hurricane Katrina: Stafford Act Authorities and Actions by Governor Blanco and President Bush to Trigger Them. Memorandum. 9/12/05. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/53576.pdf
Esworthy, R., L.J. Schierow, C. Copeland, and L. Luther. 2005. Cleanup after Hurricane Katrina: Environmental considerations. Order Code RL33115. 10/13/05. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RL33115/
Gabe, T., G. Falk, M. McCarty, and V. Mason. 2005. Hurricane Katrina: Social demographic characteristics of impacted areas. Order Code RL33141. 11/4/05. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.gnocdc.org/reports/crsrept.pdf
Hogue, H.B. 2006. Protecting New Orleans: From hurricane barriers to floodwalls. Order Code RL33188. 1/26/06. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RL33188/
King, R.O. 2005. Hurricane Katrina: Insurance losses and national capacities for financing disaster risk. Order Code RL33086. 9/15/05. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RL33086/
Lister, S.A. 2005. Hurricane Katrina: The public health and medical response. Order Code RL33096. 9/21/05. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RL33096/
Luther, L. 2005. NEPA and hurricane response, recovery, and rebuilding efforts. Order Code RL33104. 9/28/05. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RL33104/
Luther, L. 2006. Disaster debris removal after Hurricane Katrina: Status and associated issues. Order Code RL33477. 6/16/06. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RL33477/
McCarty, M., L. Perl, and B.E. Foote. 2006. HUD’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Order Code RS22358. 1/5/06. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RS22358/
Mercer, C., R.N. Apling, P. Irwin, A. Lordeman, R.R. Skinner, and D.P. Smole. 2005. Education and training issues related to major disasters. Order Code RL33089. 11/4/05. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.library.dau.mil/CRS_RL33089.pdf
Richardson, Joe. 2006. Federal food assistance in disasters: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Order Code RL33102. 2/23/06. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RL33102/
Zinn, J. 2005. Coastal Louisiana ecosystem restoration after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Order Code RS22276. 3/17/06. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. www.opencrs.com/document/RS22276/
Books
Brasch, W. 2006. Unacceptable: The federal response to Katrina. Charleston, SC: BookSurge.
Brinkley, D. 2006. The great deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. New York: William Morrow.
Brown Childs, J., ed. 2005. Hurricane Katrina: Response and responsibilities. Santa Cruz, CA: New Pacific Press.
Clark, J.D. 2006. Grace amid tragedy: A Red Cross volunteer on the Katrina frontline. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.
CNN. 2006. CNN reports: Katrina—state of emergency. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Cooper, C., and R. Block. 2006. Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security. New York: Times Books.
Dallas Morning News. 2006. Eyes of the storm: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: The photographic story. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing.
Daniels, R.J., D.F. Kettl, and H. Kunreuther, eds. 2006. On risk and disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Dyson, M.E. 2006. Come hell or high water: Hurricane Katrina and the color of disaster. New York: Basic Civitas.
Horne, J. 2006. Breach of faith: Hurricane Katrina and the near death of a great American city. New York: Random House.
Knauer, K., ed. 2005. Hurricane Katrina: The storm that changed America. New York: Time.
McCarthy, K., D.J. Peterson, N. Sastry, and M. Pollard. 2006. The repopulation of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR369/
Reed, J., and M. Theiss. 2005. Hurricane Katrina: Through the eyes of storm chasers. Helena, MT: Farcountry Press.
Van Heerden, I., and M. Bryan. 2006. The storm: What went wrong and why during Hurricane Katrina—the inside story from one Louisiana scientist. New York: Viking.
Web Sites
U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Hurricane Katrina: —What Government Is Doing
www.dhs.gov/katrina
Federal Emergency Management Agency: Hurricane Katrina Information
www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/2005katrina/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Hurricane Katrina Web Portal
www.katrina.noaa.gov/
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Levee Information
www.mvn.usace.army.mil/tfh/
https://ipet.wes.army.mil/
U.S. Census Bureau: Hurricane Katrina
www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2005/katrina.htm
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Katrina Accomplishments—One Year Later
www.hud.gov/news/katrina05response.cfm
Congressional Budget Office: Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/hurricanes.cfm
U.S. Department of State Foreign Press Centers: Hurricane Katrina—Coastal Protection and Reconstruction Efforts
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/71049.htm
White House Speeches and News Releases: Hurricane Katrina—Rebuilding the Gulf Coast Region
www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/katrina/
Louisiana Recovery Authority: Governor’s Planning and Coordinating Body
www.lra.louisiana.gov/
Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal: Mississippi
www.governorscommission.com/
Greater New Orleans Community Data Center: Population and Housing Estimates and Maps
www.gnocdc.org/
Understanding Katrina: Perspectives from the Social Sciences (32 essays)
http://understandingkatrina.ssrc.org/
The Brookings Institution: Census Findings and Recovery Index
www.brookings.edu/metro/katrina.htm
Hurricane Katrina & Rita Clearinghouse Cooperative
www.katrina.lsu.edu/
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Arnold, J.L. 2006. Disaster myths and Hurricane Katrina 2005: Can public officials and the media learn to provide responsible crisis communication during disasters? Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 21 (1): 1-3.
Bakker, K. 2005. Katrina: the public transcript of 'disaster'. Environment & Planning D: Society & Space 23 (6): 795-802.
Ball, B. 2006. Rebuilding electrical infrastructure along the Gulf Coast: A case study. The Bridge 36 (1): 21-26.
Banipal, K. 2006. Strategic approach to disaster management: Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina. Disaster Prevention and Management 15 (3): 484-94.
Bocking, S. 2006. Unnatural disaster: Katrina ripped the lid off the tangled relations between environment and politics, exposing desperate poverty, the dangers of environmental manipulation and the need for collective action. Alternatives Journal 31 (4-5): 36-39.
Bourque, L.B., J.M. Siegel, M. Kano, and M.M. Wood. 2006. Weathering the storm: The impact of hurricanes on physical and mental health. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 604:129-51.
Braun, B., and J. McCarthy. 2005. Hurricane Katrina and abandoned being. Environment & Planning D: Society & Space 23 (6): 802-9.
Brodie, M., E. Weltzien, D. Altman, R.J. Blendon, J.M. Benson. 2006. Experiences of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in Houston shelters: Implications for future planning. American Journal of Public Health 96 (8): 1402-8.
Burby, R.J. 2006. Hurricane Katrina and the paradoxes of government disaster policy: Bringing about wise governmental decisions for hazardous areas. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 604:171-91.
Burns, P., and M.O. Thomas. 2006. The failure of the nonregime: How Katrina exposed New Orleans as a regimeless city. Urban Affairs Review 41 (4): 517-28.
Campanella, T.J. 2006. Urban resilience and the recovery of New Orleans. Journal of the American Planning Association 72 (2): 141-47.
Carwile III, W.L. 2005. Unified command and the state-federal response to Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi. Homeland Security Affairs 1 (2): Article 6.
Comfort, L.K. 2006. Cities at risk: Hurricane Katrina and the drowning of New Orleans. Urban Affairs Review 41 (4): 501-17.
Comfort, L.K., and T.W. Haase. 2006. Communication, coherence, and collective action: The impact of Hurricane Katrina on communications Infrastructure. Public Works Management & Policy 10 (4): 328-43.
Comfort, L.K. 2005. Fragility in disaster response: Hurricane Katrina, 29 August 2005. The Forum 3 (3): Article 1.
Congleton, R. 2006. The story of Katrina: New Orleans and the political economy of catastrophe. Public Choice 127 (1-2): 5-30.
Cutter, S.L., and C.T. Emrich. 2006. Moral hazard, social catastrophe: The changing face of vulnerability along the hurricane coasts. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 604:102-12.
Cutter, S.L., C.T. Emrich, J.T. Mitchell, B.J. Boruff, M. Gall, M.C. Schmidtlein, C.G. Burton, and G. Melton. 2006. The long road home: Race, class, and recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Environment 48 (2): 8-20.
Day, C.L., and M.R. Rosenblum. 2005. The politics of Katrina in New Orleans: A view from ground zero. The Forum 3 (4): Article 1.
Dean, R.G. 2006. New Orleans and the wetlands of Southern Louisiana. The Bridge 36 (1): 35-42.
Dreier, P. 2006. Katrina and power in America. Urban Affairs Review 41 (4): 528-50.
Elliott, J.R., and J. Pais. 2006. Race, class, and Hurricane Katrina: Social differences in human responses to disaster. Social Science Research 35 (2): 295-321.
Franco, C., E. Toner, R. Waldhorn, B. Maldin, T. O’toole, and T.V. Inglesby. 2006. Systemic collapse: Medical care in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 4 (2): 135-46.
Galloway, G.E. 2006. Restoring coastal Louisiana: Planning without a national water policy. The Bridge 36 (1): 43-49.
Hassett, W.L., and D.M. Handley. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi's response. Public Works Management & Policy 10 (4): 295-305.
Irons, L. 2005. Hurricane Katrina as a predictable surprise. Homeland Security Affairs 1 (2): Article 7.
Kates, R.W., C.E. Colten, S. Laska, and S.P. Leatherman. 2006. Reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A research perspective. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (40): 14653-60. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0605726103.
Lang, R.E., and K.A. Danielsen. 2006. Review roundtable: Is New Orleans a resilient city? Journal of the American Planning Association 72 (2): 247-58.
Lavelle, K., and J. Feagin. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: The race and class debate. Monthly Review 58 (3): 52-66.
Leavitt, W.M., and J.J. Kiefer. 2006. Infrastructure interdependency and the creation of a normal disaster: The case of Hurricane Katrina and the City of New Orleans. Public Works Management & Policy 10 (4): 306-14.
Levy, K. 2006. The mangement of volunteers: Recent experience with the American Red Cross in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Journal of Emergency Management 4 (3): 53-60.
Litman, T. 2006. Lessons from Katrina and Rita: What major disasters can teach transportation planners. Journal of Transportation Engineering132 (1): 11-18.
Manuel, J. 2006. In Katrina’s wake. Environmental Health Perspectives 114 (1): 32-39.
McCallum, E., and J. Heming. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: An environmental perspective. Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences 364 (1845): 2099-115.
Mlakar, P.F. 2006. The behavior of hurricane protection infrastructure in New Orleans. The Bridge 36 (1): 14-20.
Morris, J.C. 2006. Whither Fema? Hurricane Katrina and FEMA's response to the Gulf Coast. Public Works Management & Policy 10 (4): 284-94.
Nigg, J.M., J. Barnshaw, and M.R. Torres. 2006. Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans: Emergent issues in sheltering and temporary housing. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 604:113-28.
Olshansky, R.B. 2006. Planning after Hurricane Katrina. Journal of the American Planning Association 72 (2): 147-54.
Reible, D.D., C.N. Haas, J.H. Pardue, and W.J. Walsh. 2006. Toxic and contaminant concerns generated by Hurricane Katrina. The Bridge 36 (1): 5-13.
Roberts, P.S. 2005. What Katrina means for emergency management. The Forum 3 (3): Article 2.
Rodríguez, H., J. Trainor, and E.L. Quarantelli. 2006. Rising to the challenges of a catastrophe: The emergent and prosocial behavior following Hurricane Katrina. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 604:82-101.
Ruether, R.R. 2006. After Katrina: Poverty, race and environmental degradation. Dialog: A Journal of Theology 45 (2): 176-83.
Runyan, R.C. 2006. Small business in the face of crisis: Identifying barriers to recovery from a natural disaster. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 14 (1): 12-27.
Shughart, W. 2006. Katrinanomics: The politics and economics of disaster relief. Public Choice 127 (1-2): 31-53.
Sobel, R., and P. Leeson. 2006. Government’s response to Hurricane Katrina: A public choice analysis. Public Choice 127 (1-2): 55-73.
Sylves, R.T. 2006. President Bush and Hurricane Katrina: A presidential leadership study. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 604:26-56.
Takeda, M.B., and M.M. Helms. 2006. Bureaucracy, meet catastrophe: Analysis of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and their implications for emergency response governance. International Journal of Public Sector Management 19 (4): 397-411.
Tierney, K., C. Bevc, and E. Kuligowski. 2006. Metaphors matter: Disaster myths, media frames, and their consequences in Hurricane Katrina. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 604:57-81.
Vest, J.R., and A.M. Valadez. 2006. Health conditions and risk factors of sheltered persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 21 (2): 55-58.
Waugh Jr., W.L. 2006. The political costs of failure in the Katrina and Rita disasters. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 604:10-25.
Waugh Jr., W.L., and R.B. Smith. 2006. Economic development and reconstruction on the Gulf after Katrina. Economic Development Quarterly 20 (3): 211-18.
Weisler, R.H., J.G. Barbee IV, and M.H. Townsend. 2006. Mental health and recovery in the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Journal of the American Medical Association 296 (5): 585-88.
Wolshon, B. 2006. Evacuation planning and engineering for Hurricane Katrina. The Bridge 36 (1): 27-34.
Wolshon, B., A. Catarella-Michel, and L. Lambert. 2006. Louisiana highway evacuation plan for Hurricane Katrina: Proactive management of a regional evacuation. Journal of Transportation Engineering132 (1): 1-10.