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Published: August 27, 2010

The Changing Landscape of the Lower Ninth Ward

Before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’s Lower 9th Ward was home to an estimated 18,000 people. But five years later, only about a quarter of that number live in the hard-hit neighborhood. Andrew Curtis, a university researcher, leads a team of students and local community members that is documenting the substantial changes in the area. Take a tour of the evolving landscape of the Lower Ninth Ward and read what local residents and researchers have to say. Related Article »
Zach Wise, Sarah Wheaton /The New York Times

Source: Andrew Curtis of the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California with local community members, non profit organizations, faculty and students from the universities of USC, Louisiana State University and Cal State Long Beach, with technical support from the National Center for Geocomputation in Ireland.

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