title: Population recovery in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: Exploring the potential role of stage migration in migration systems.
abstract: In this research brief, we explore how places affected by natural disasters recover their populations through indirect, or "stage," migration. Specifically, we consider the idea that post-disaster impediments (e.g., housing and property damage) in disaster-affected areas spawn migration flows toward and, over time, to disaster-affected areas through intermediary destinations. Taking as our case Orleans Parish over a five-year period after Hurricane Katrina, we show that stage migration accounted for up to about one-fourth of population recovery. We close by discussing the implications, limitations, and potential extensions of our work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota. 909 Social Science Tower, 267 19 Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. P: (612) 624-9522. F: (612) 624-7020. jdewaard@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DeWaard
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison. 350 Agricultural Hall, 1450 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. kcurtis@ssc.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Katherine J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.affiliation: Brown University, Box 1836, 68 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA elizabeth_fussell@brown.edu.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fussell
keywords: Disasters; Hurricane Katrina; Migration systems; Population recovery; Stage migration