Wo fängt die Region an und wo hört der Norden auf?€¦ · Preferences for Rebuilding New Orleans 4. Data 5. Conclusion 6. Strengths and weaknesses 7. Discussion . Caroline Schumann

NEW ORLEANS

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Weathering the Storm

Measuring Household Willingness-to-Pay for Risk-Reduction in Post-Katrina

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Structure

1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Preferences for Rebuilding New Orleans 4. Data 5. Conclusion 6. Strengths and weaknesses 7. Discussion

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1. Introduction

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2. Background

• the public has been forced to make difficult decisions concerning how to rebuild

• $19 billion in damage to roads, bridges, and the utility system in New Orleans alone

• a system of levees and pumps that hold back Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River

• Over 80% of New Orleans was flooded

• The leeves fail before they were overtopped

• The levee building and canals in the Mississippi River basin changed sediment transport in the hole system.

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3. Preferences for Rebuilding New Orleans

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3. Preferences for Rebuilding New Orleans - Questionnary First section: • Hurrican Katrina? • Influence their decision to stay? • crime control • housing availability • job creation • flood protection • coastal wetland restauration • improved transportation • culture preservation

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3. Preferences for Rebuilding New Orleans - Questionnary Third section:

• socio-demographic factors

• including sex

• ethnicity

• Latino or Cajun

• level of education

• employment status

• Age

• Income

• household size

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4. Data

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3%

13%

84%

0% US Sample

not important

somewhatimportantvery important

not response

0% 1%

98%

1% NOLA Sample

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4. Data

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35% 52%

0% US Sample

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somewhatimportantveryimportantnot response

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9%

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4. Data

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41% 54%

1% US Sample

not important

somewhatimportantvery important

not response

4%

27%

68%

1% NOLA Sample

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5. Conclusion

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Willing to Pay in $ per household

New Orleans

US

Category 5 levee protection 301 509

Transportation system 137 103

Coastal restauration not statistically significant 103

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6. Strengths and weeknesses

Positive negative

Try not to influence the respondant The structure of the text is confusing

They explained the choice experiment in the attachment more clearly The tables are difficult to understand

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7. Diskussion

• Denkt ihr, dass die Haushaltsbefragung die geeignete Methode ist das herauszufinden? • Ist es sinnvoll eine Einmalsteuer einzuführen, die immer nur bei Bedarf fällig wird?

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