Rebuilding urban places after disaster : lessons from Hurricane Katrina /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wachter, Susan M., Birch, Eugenie Ladner
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2006.
Colección:City in the twenty-first century book series.
Temas:
2005
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
City planning > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Urban renewal > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Ouragan Katrina, 2005.
Rénovation urbaine > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
City planning
Economic history
Social conditions
Urban renewal
New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions.
New Orleans (La.) > Economic conditions.
Louisiana > New Orleans
"Multi-User"
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface: ''The Wound'' / Gutmann, Amy
  • Introduction: Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster / Birch, Eugenie L. ; Wachter, Susan M.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.

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