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Abstract
Immediately following Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi Governor's Commission for Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal provided planning teams to work with coastal communities to prepare long-range rebuilding plans followed by further community-initiated plans. Eighteen months after Katrina, this paper examines the degree to which environmental protection has been incorporated into the long-range plans developed in Harrison County, Mississippi. This study finds that environmental protection has not been adequately integrated into the plans. It concludes by offering recommendations on how these communities can improve their plans relative to environmental protection measures as they move into their next phase of planning.
Acknowledgement
This paper is based on research supported by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Universities Rebuilding America Program.
Notes
1. It is important to note that many of the pre-Katrina planning documents and electronic files were literally washed away or destroyed in the storm, making it impossible to compare the pre- and post-Katrina plans. Note that the unincorporated areas of Harrison County have been divided into six planning areas. Plans had been completed for four of the six areas at the time of this writing. The remaining two areas will have plans complete by early 2008, but at the present time there are no plans for these areas.