Screen LibraryMy storm : managing the recovery of new orleans in the wake of katrina /
My Storm is a firsthand account of a critical sixteen months in the post-Katrina recovery process. It tells how Blakely, as Katrina recovery czar, endeavored to transform the shell of a cherished American city into a city that could not only survive but thrive.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2012] ©2012 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The city in the twenty-first century
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http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812207064 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812207064.jpg |
| Summary: |
My Storm is a firsthand account of a critical sixteen months in the post-Katrina recovery process. It tells how Blakely, as Katrina recovery czar, endeavored to transform the shell of a cherished American city into a city that could not only survive but thrive. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 8 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812207064 |
| Index Number: | HV636 2005 |
| CLC: | D771.27 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Introduction -- 1. An Alarming View from Down Under -- 2. Getting to New Orleans -- 3. A Harbinger of Problems to Come -- 4. "Fix It!" -- 5. Im agining a Future Out of Mud: A Recovery Plan -- 6. Inside the Mayor s "Cocoon" -- 7. Putting My Team on the Field: Recovery Administration -- 8. Politics and Money -- 10. In Search of Civic Leadership -- 11. More Than Bricks and Sticks: Reviving Neighborhoods -- 12. The Race Cards of Recovery -- 13. A Medium off Mess age -- 14. Levees and FE MA: The Real Hazards for New Orleans -- 15. Chance to Assess the Recovery -- 16. In the "Big Easy," Nothing Comes Easy, Not Even Leaving -- Notes -- Appendix. Memorandum of Understanding -- Index. |