Martin Bailkey

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, p. 28

Over three years have passed since Hurricane Katrina flooded 80 percent of New Orleans in August 2005. While the population of the metropolitan region is close to the pre-Katrina total, that of the city itself is approximately 70 percent of its former level. Flooded neighbourhoods, such as Hollygrove, Gentilly, and particularly the Lower Ninth Ward, are far from their former vibrancy.