Rebuilding urban places after disaster : lessons from Hurricane Katrina / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Birch, Eugenie Ladner.

Wachter, Susan M.

Series:

City in the twenty-first century book series.

The city in the twenty-first century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban renewal--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Urban renewal.

City planning--Louisiana--New Orleans.

City planning.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

New Orleans (La.)--Economic conditions.

New Orleans (La.).

New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Disasters-natural ones, such as hurricanes, floods, or earthquakes, and unnatural ones such as terrorist attacks-are part of the American experience in the twenty-first century. The challenges of preparing for these events, withstanding their impact, and rebuilding communities afterward require strategic responses from different levels of government in partnership with the private sector and in accordance with the public will.Disasters have a disproportionate effect on urban places. Dense by definition, cities and their environs suffer great damage to their complex, interdependent social, environmental, and economic systems. Social and medical services collapse. Long-standing problems in educational access and quality become especially acute. Local economies cease to function. Cultural resources disappear. The plight of New Orleans and several smaller Gulf Coast cities exemplifies this phenomenon. 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. Success in these areas requires that priorities be set cooperatively, and this goal poses significant challenges for rebuilding efforts in a democratic, market-based society. Who sets priorities and how? Can participatory decision-making be organized under conditions requiring focused, strategic choices? How do issues of race and class intersect with these priorities? Should the purpose of rebuilding be restoration or reformation? Contributors address these and other questions related to environmental conditions, economic imperatives, social welfare concerns, and issues of planning and design in light of the lessons to be drawn from Hurricane Katrina.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Preface: ''The Wound'' / Gutmann, Amy

Introduction: Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster / Birch, Eugenie L. / Wachter, Susan M.

Part I. Making Places Less Vulnerable

CHAPTER 1. Physical Constraints on Reconstructing New Orleans / Giegengack, Robert / Foster, Kenneth R.

CHAPTER 2. Negotiating a Fluid Terrain / Mathur, Anuradha / da Cunha, Dilip

CHAPTER 3. The Problems of Containment and the Promise of Planning / Burby, Raymond J. / Nelson, Arthur C. / Sanchez, Thomas W.

CHAPTER 4. Mapping for Sustainable Resilience / Steiner, Frederick / Faga, Barbara / Sipes, James / Yaro, Robert

CHAPTER 5. Natural Hazards Science-A Matter of Public Safety / Leahy, P. Patrick

Part II. Returning Urban Places to Economic Viability

CHAPTER 6. Measuring Katrina's Impact on the Gulf Megapolitan Area / Lang, Robert E.

CHAPTER 7. Restarting the Economy / Zandi, Mark / Cochrane, Steven / Ksiazkiewicz, Fillip / Sweet, Ryan

CHAPTER 8. Rebuilding Transportation / Weinberger, Rachel

CHAPTER 9. Learning from Past Disasters / Birch, Eugenie L.

CHAPTER 10. Restoring Urban Viability / Vale, Lawrence J.

CHAPTER 11. Housing Displaced Families / Lubell, Jeffrey

CHAPTER 12. Assessing the University's Role / Lefton, Lester A. / Jones, Yvette M.

Part III. Responding to the Needs of the Displaced: Issues of Class, Race, and Recovery

CHAPTER 13. Inadequate Reponses, Limited Expectations / Anderson, Elijah

Chapter 14. Educational Equity in Post-Disaster New Orleans

CHAPTER 15. The Lost and Forgotten / Gelles, Richard J.

CHAPTER 16. Temporary Housing Blues / Hack, Gary

CHAPTER 17. Lessons from Sri Lanka / Daniels, Thomas L. / Steinberg, Harris

Part IV. Recreating a Sense of Place

CHAPTER 18. Promoting Cultural Preservation / Mason, Randall

CHAPTER 19. Understanding New Orleans's Architectural Ecology / Upton, Dell

CHAPTER 20. Reconstructing New Orleans: A Progress Report / Barnett, Jonathan / Beckman, John

CHAPTER 21. Rebuilding the ''Land of Dreams'' with Music / Spitzer, Nick

CHAPTER 22. Walking to Wal-Mart: Planning for Mississippi and Beyond / Sorlien, Sandy / Speed, Leland R.

Afterword / Daniels, Ronald J.

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-364).

ISBN:

9781283897976

1283897970

9780812204483

0812204484

OCLC:

794702271