There’s been a lot of talk this week about resiliency in the city of New Orleans and its residents. A new plan funded by the Rockefeller Foundation says the city can’t progress without a unified plan involving a variety of players.
Resilience can be measured in engineering projects. But it’s also measured by a prosperous and safe community.
Jeff Hebert is the city’s chief resiliency officer, and in charge of a report released this week that outlines a comprehensive approach to making the city stronger.
“Housing and transportation go hand in hand. So where people live and the ability to connect, particularly our more vulnerable populations—where they live and how they connect to jobs – and the jobs and where they are accessing is very important," he said. "There’s a big connection between housing affordability, transportation and jobs.”
The report also includes water management, in projects that will soon been seen around the city.
“I think a lot of the ideas that people have talked about for 7, 8, 9, 10 years – you will actually start to see implemented in the city in a way that has been thoroughly thought through,” he said.
Some of those ideas include rain gardens and green space for water.
