Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Census data for New Orleans neighborhoods and the surrounding area. Also PDF poverty map, neighborhood map, racial distribution maps, and elevation map.

USGS National Wetlands Research Center
Information about land loss along the Gulf Coast.

Center for Bioenvironmental Research
Partnership between Tulane and Xavier Universities, dedicated to research, education, and solutions of environmental issues.

Katrina Environmental Research and Restoration Network
A network of researchers sharing data and ideas, crossing disciplinary, geographical and institutional boundaries, educating on how to respond to and recover from major environmental disasters.

Riversphere
A Tulane University place for art, science, and technology, about rivers, for river communities, on the New Orleans Mississippi riverfront.

LSU Hurricane Center
Addresses hurricanes and other hazards and their impacts on the natural, built, and human environments.

Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes
Funded through a LSU Hurricane Center initiative, the CSPHIH is a A five-year contract (2002-2006) that integrates the research and expertise of natural scientists, social scientists, engineers, computer specialists, epidemiologists, toxicologists, and the mental health and medical communities to identify and mitigate the public health impacts of hurricane and flood disasters.

Urban Land Institute
A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment. The ULI has taken an advisory role in the rebuilding of New Orleans.

Bring New Orleans Back Commission
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's nonprofit fund exclusively dedicated to the restoration of the City of New Orleans.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA is working with other agencies in evaluating the potential environmental impacts of hurricane Katrina on living marine resources.

Social Science Research Council
SSRC has posted a series of essays aimed at understanding Katrina from the perspectives of the social sciences.