Social Impact Assessment of the BP Oil Spill Disaster on Gulf Communities

The Tulane DRLA Assessment Team will carry out an impact assessment in Terrebonne and Plaquemines Parishes in coastal Louisiana to help OXFAM and its partners better understand the affects of the oil spill catastrophe on vulnerable coastal Louisiana communities and their resilience. As part of this assessment, Tulane and the DRLA will collect and analyze existing baseline social and economic vulnerability of Terrebonne and Plaquemines Parishes, as well as gather information about locally identified Disaster Resilience Leaders who are helping the affected communities to respond to an cope with this crisis.  The team will gather information individuals and communities in these affected parishes, with particular attention given to members of the Native American, Vietnamese and immigrant affected communities; oil and gas workers; members of the fisheries industry; and tourism.  This project is funded by Oxfam America.