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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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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Birch, Eugenie L.; Wachter, Susan M.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2007]
©2007
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The city in the twenty-first century
Subjects:
City planning > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Urban renewal > Louisiana > New Orleans.
City planning.
Economic history.
Social Conditions.
Social sciences.
Sociology, other.
Sociology.
Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen.
Urban renewal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disaster Relief. > Disaster Relief.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812204483
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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 /

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