"In the Shadow of a Storm: Geographies of Katrina and Post-Katrina New
Orleans"

Organizers: Scott Bell, Brown University and University of Saskatchewan;
Xun Shi, Geography, Dartmouth University

These sessions will focus on hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in New
Orleans. We anticipate these sessions will attract physical and human
geographers and span a variety of approaches to geographic inquiry.
Furthermore, we hope to attract non-geographers working on topics
related to Katrina and New Orleans. The potential topics covered by
sessions and submissions might include Social and Environmental Justice,
participatory mapping, governance and community involvement, hazard
mitigation/perception, soil mapping, hydrology, historical development,
development geography, among many others (see a longer list below). The
breadth of the topics is sure to make these sessions a rich opportunity
for geographers and researchers of all backgrounds to come together to
better understand the storm and its impact on New Orleans. The
organizers are willing to develop themed Katrina/New Orleans sessions if
there is enough interest; feel free to contact us with ideas.
Submissions will be grouped in an effort to bring common themes together
in single sessions.

Please send notes of interest to xun.shi@dartmouth.edu and
scott_bell@brown.edu. We will eventually need an abstract PIN in order
add presenters to these sessions.

The Association of American Geographers Annual meeting will be held from
April 15th through 19th in Boston, MA. Additional information and
conference registration/abstract submission can be found at www.aag.org

Other potential topics: demographic dynamics, social and environmental
justice, land use and land cover changes, environmental conservation,
environmental health, urban planning and management, hydrological
modeling, emergency response, historical development, gentrification,
governance and community involvement, participatory mapping, and the
applications of spatial information technologies (GIS, remote sensing,
and GPS) in all these issues