ABSTRACT

B. Barroca Université Paris Est, LEESU (Laboratoire Eau Environnement et Systèmes Urbains)—Département Génie Urbain, France

Y. Diab Université Paris Est, LEESU (Laboratoire Eau Environnement et Systèmes Urbains)—Département Génie Urbain, France Université Paris-Est, Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

D. Serre Université Paris-Est, Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

ABSTRACT: New Orleans has coped with natural disasters since it is founding, but the most destructive was Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, both a natural and a man-made disaster. The resultant flooding demonstrates that the management of flood risk must incorporate new concepts like urban resilience in the city’s planning process. The goal is to assess if resilience have been incorporated into the recovery of New Orleans post-Katrina, particularly of one city neighborhood: Oak Park. The assessment of Oak Park’s urban resilience was made by comparing its pre and post Katrina conditions. A methodology was developed for modeling failure mechanisms by using two operational safety methods: a functional analysis and a failure mode and effect analysis. In New Orleans’ post-Katrina recovery, a strong emphasis has been placed on improving the flood performance of buildings and protective systems but other components and vital functions of the neighborhood have not been fully considered.