Abstract
To meet the dire need for housing following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and Federal Emergency Management Agency officials created lists of potential sites for trailer parks. We analyze approved sites to track which factors were linked with larger (or smaller) numbers of trailers and trailer sites per zip code block. Areas which displayed greater levels of social capital, as evidenced by voluntaristic activities such as voting, were slated for fewer trailers, control- ling for race, income, education, flood damage, and other relevant factors. Civil society worked simultaneously to bring citizens together while mobilizing them against the threat of trailer parks in their backyards.
Keywords
New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, civil society, temporary trailers, facility siting
Date of this Version
9-2008
Published in:
Political Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Number 3, September 2008, pp 379-389
Link to original published article:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1065912907312983