UNO-CHART is an applied social science hazards research center at The University of New Orleans that collaborates with coastal Louisiana communities including the City of New Orleans and its surrounding parishes. The objectives of UNO-CHART projects are to assist residents and local and state officials in reducing risk to natural hazards, especially hurricane and climate hazards, and to help them gain a better understanding of their risk and what they can do to protect themselves from these hazards. 

UNO-CHART, founded in 2001, is comprised of a multi-disciplinary group of faculty, staff, and graduate research assistants representing various academic disciplines including sociology, political science, public administration, planning, urban studies, engineering and geography. Currently, UNO-CHART has projects that address repetitive flooding, disaster mitigation planning, community resilience assessments, storm mitigation efforts by coastal communities, coastal restoration, community continuity, resilience curriculum development, risk literacy, risk management and hurricane evacuation of vulnerable populations.

Free Webinar
Plan for this year’s hurricane season now! Let us work together to build your continuity plan.

We are hosting a workshop on community continuity planning on Friday, May 11th, 2012 for central LA. This workshop will focus on how to create a comprehensive continuity plan that builds on individual plans with an emphasis on the role of community. Topics will include community collaborations, disaster preparations for your agency, and cyber security.

We will be hosting this workshop via webcam Friday, May 11th, 2012, from 10:00 AM till 12:00 PM, at the following locations in the central part of the State:

• Louisiana State University at Alexandria (LSUA): Multi-Purpose Academic Center (MPAC), Room 302, #29 on campus map-http://www.lsua.edu/About/Campus.
• Northwestern State University (NSU): Russell Hall, Room 122, #015 on campus map-http://www.nsula.edu/campus-map/.

 
As we approach this hurricane season, we want to work with you so that you and your organization are as safe as possible. We hope you can make it. For more details, call Maggie Olivier at 504-280-6071. Please RSVP at chart@uno.edu if you wish to attend (indicating your location) or need more information. Please pass this invitation along to others you feel may benefit from this information.

Recent Exhibit
UNO-CHART hosted a booth for an international audience of public and private disaster industry professionals on January 17-19, 2012, in New Orleans, LA, at the International Disaster Conference & Expo (IDCE 2012.)

The International Disaster Conference and Exposition (IDCE 2012), held at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, brought together emergency management, homeland security and disaster industry professionals from the public and private sectors around the world to share lessons learned and forward thinking regarding the policies, procedures and best practices shaping disaster preparation, response and recovery, loss mitigation, business continuity and more. Conference speakers, exhibitors and attendees shared the latest knowledge, technologies and techniques toward the common goal of minimizing the loss of life and property in future catastrophic events.




Risk Literacy Manual
This "Preparing for Storms in Louisiana" manual is designed in Plain Language to teach the concepts of risk as subject matter in literacy programs and vice versa, teach literacy through risk education. Click on the pelican to download a free copy.