{"product_id":"rebuilding-community-after-katrina-transformative-education-in-the-new-orleans-planning-initiative-paperback-softback-9781439911006","title":"Rebuilding Community After Katrina; Transformative Education in the New Orleans Planning Initiative (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439911006","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRebuilding Community After Katrina\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTransformative Education in the New Orleans Planning Initiative\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKen Reardon (Edited by), John Forester (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439911006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.296 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebuilding Community after Katrina \u003c\/i\u003echronicles the innovative and ambitious partnership between Cornell University’s City and Regional Planning department and ACORN Housing, an affiliate of what was the nation’s largest low-income community organization. These unlikely allies came together to begin to rebuild devastated neighborhoods in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. \u003ci\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editors and contributors to this volume allow participants’ voices to show how this partnership integrated careful, technical analysis with aggressive community outreach and organizing. With essays by activists, organizers, community members, and academics on the ground, \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Community after Katrina \u003c\/i\u003epresents insights on the challenges involved in changing the way politicians and analysts imagined the future of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges from this complex drama are lessons about community planning, organizational relationships, and team building across multi-cultural lines. The accounts presented in \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Community after Katrina\u003c\/i\u003e raise important and sensitive questions about the appropriate roles of outsiders in community-based planning processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584908882200,"sku":"9781439911006","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rebuilding-community-after-katrina-transformative-education-in-the-new-orleans-planning-initiative-paperback-softback-9781439911006","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}