All Reports & Analysis

The New Orleans Prosperity Index: Tricentennial Edition

Apr 11, 2018

As New Orleans completes her 300th year, the tricentennial is an important moment to reflect on the city’s history and achievements. But in addition to celebrating their storied past, New Orleanians are eager to learn from it. Since 2005, when Katrina struck and the levees failed, New Orleanians have worked hard to rebuild their city better than before, preserving that which they treasure, while reforming and strengthening their institutions, and increasing opportunities for prosperity. The tricentennial represents an auspicious occasion for both celebration and reflection.

Three Hundred Years of Human Geography in New Orleans

Apr 05, 2018

Many topics in this collection touch upon where and how we have occupied this deltaic metropolis. This brief discusses what those historical settlement patterns imply for future prosperity and sustainability.

Rigging the Real Estate Market: Segregation, Inequality, and Disaster Risk

Apr 05, 2018

Beneath New Orleans’ shared sense of tradition lies another reality marked by separation. This brief examines the history of neighborhood segregation in New Orleans and its impact on contemporary racial disparities in wealth, access to opportunity, and vulnerability to disaster risk.

The Impact of 300 Years of Jail Conditions

Mar 29, 2018

Beginning from the first incarnation of Orleans Parish Prison in 1721 by Bienville at Jackson Square to its current iteration under federal court supervision, the form and function of the jail has changed. Unearthing the history of the New Orleans jail and its relationship with the city, this essay discusses new solutions that include the voices of the impacted communities.

The New Orleans Youth Index: Video Series

Sep 01, 2017

The New Orleans Prosperity Index: Tricentennial Edition Steering Committee

Aug 11, 2017

The Coastal Index 2017

Jun 14, 2017

With the update of the Louisiana Coastal Master Plan, the infusion of money from the BP settlement, and the existential issue of coastal land loss, Southeast Louisiana has the makings for a water management cluster.

Improving Our Economy Through Inclusive Entrepreneurship

Mar 17, 2017

This infographic highlights the importance of minority-owned businesses and a few key policies and practices that can be undertaken to increase the benefits that can be realized to and from minority entrepreneurs.

The New Orleans Youth Index 2016

Dec 14, 2016

This report is a statistical snapshot of the well-being of New Orleans children/youth, designed to inform the development of strategies that can improve the academic, social, and behavioral outcomes of children/youth age 0 to 24.

Strengthening Economic Ties Across Our Super Region

Sep 27, 2016

This infographic explains how cross-metro collaboration will be essential to the Super Region's long-term prosperity and provides updated Super Region commuter data.