HUT-206: Disaster Recovery Management and Urban Development: Rebuilding New Orleans

Semester: Fall

Credit: 1.0

Syllabus: Click here for syllabus

Faculty: Doug Ahlers

Schedule

Day Time Location
First Day 9/3
Meet Day T/Th 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM L382
Review

Description

Presents disaster recovery theory and practices at the federal, state, city, and neighborhood/community levels. Focuses in particular on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita  in New Orleans.  Applies community disaster recovery skills in field-based team projects working in the flood-damaged Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans.  Concepts covered include:  principles of disaster recovery management, the economics of disaster, risk management, hazard mitigation and land use planning, disaster recovery planning, community development, community-based recovery, repopulation dynamics, federal and state recovery programs, and housing and capital projects reconstruction and finance. Requirements: Participation in a January practicum to implement team projects developed during the fall term. The field-based team projects are real recovery management projects that assist the residents of Broadmoor (the Client) with their recovery efforts.  Student travel, modest accommodations, and some meals will be provided for the January field-based practicum in New Orleans.  Enrollment Restrictions: This course is limited to students in 2-year programs who are in their second year. Students who do not meet these criteria can be admitted by special permission of the instructor. Grades for this course will not be submitted until January 22 after the student teams have submitted final deliverables to the clients in New Orleans.