1. Disaster, Risk
and Human Security
 Economic
 Food
 Health
 Environment
 Personal (safety)
 Community
 Political
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2. Case Example
Hurricane Katrina
 August 29, 2005
 Storm Impact - 100 years
 Tremendous loses
 23 percent of New Orleans residents
were living in poverty – Pre Katrina
 31.5 percent of New Orleans living in
poverty today.
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3. Human Condition
 29 percent smaller today
 118,000 fewer African American residents
 56,193 fewer children, a drop of nearly 44
percent.
 The Vietnamese population has robustly
returned, and the Hispanic population of the
city has grown.
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4. Human Condition
 Community and social networks disruption
 Community institutions
 Family disruption
 Mental Health Concerns
 Social and human capital
 Primary and secondary trauma
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