Rebuilding urban places after disaster : lessons from hurricane katrina /
This volume examines the rebuilding of cities and their environs after a disaster and focuses on four major issues: making cities less vulnerable to disaster, reestablishing economic viability, responding to the permanent needs of the displaced, and recreating a sense of place.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
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[2007] ©2007 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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The city in the twenty-first century
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Summary: |
This volume examines the rebuilding of cities and their environs after a disaster and focuses on four major issues: making cities less vulnerable to disaster, reestablishing economic viability, responding to the permanent needs of the displaced, and recreating a sense of place. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | 8 color, 60 b/w illus. |
ISBN: | 9780812204483 |
Index Number: | HT177 |
CLC: | D771.27 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface: The Wound / Introduction: Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster / CHAPTER 1. Physical Constraints on Reconstructing New Orleans / CHAPTER 2. Negotiating a Fluid Terrain / CHAPTER 3. The Problems of Containment and the Promise of Planning / CHAPTER 4. Mapping for Sustainable Resilience / CHAPTER 5. Natural Hazards Science A Matter of Public Safety / CHAPTER 6. Measuring Katrina s Impact on the Gulf Megapolitan Area / CHAPTER 7. Restarting the Economy / CHAPTER 8. Rebuilding Transportation / CHAPTER 9. Learning from Past Disasters / CHAPTER 10. Restoring Urban Viability / CHAPTER 11. Housing Displaced Families / CHAPTER 12. Assessing the University s Role / CHAPTER 13. Inadequate Reponses, Limited Expectations / Chapter 14. Educational Equity in Post-Disaster New Orleans -- CHAPTER 15. The Lost and Forgotten / CHAPTER 16. Temporary Housing Blues / CHAPTER 17. Lessons from Sri Lanka / CHAPTER 18. Promoting Cultural Preservation / CHAPTER 19. Understanding New Orleans s Architectural Ecology / CHAPTER 20. Reconstructing New Orleans: A Progress Report / CHAPTER 21. Rebuilding the Land of Dreams with Music / CHAPTER 22. Walking to Wal-Mart: Planning for Mississippi and Beyond / Afterword / Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors. |