{"product_id":"rebuilding-urban-places-after-disaster-lessons-from-hurricane-katrina-paperback-softback-9780812219807","title":"Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster; Lessons from Hurricane Katrina (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812219807","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRebuilding Urban Places After Disaster\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLessons from Hurricane Katrina\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEugenie L. Birch (Edited by), Susan M. Wachter (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812219807\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 December 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages, 8 color, 6 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.91 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book reveals fresh and insightful approaches to the challenges of facing natural disaster. Contributions from the fields of regionalism and environmental planning are positive and prospective, offering new ways to understand how the places we call home are interconnected with each other and with the land. I'm particularly struck by the thoughtful writings about the individuality of these places, where cultural expressions in music and architecture are irrepressible, even amidst debris and discouragement.\" (Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Partner, Skidmore, Owings \u0026amp; Merrill LLP and Chairman, Urban Land Institute) \"After reading \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Urban Places\u003c\/i\u003e one comes away with an understanding of how complex a process it is to restore our urban communities after experiencing such a catastrophe . . . and an understanding of the leaps this country must take to help and protect our citizens.\" (John Timoney, Chief of Police, Miami) \"No elected official or planning professional should miss this book. Birch and Wachter have collected essays spanning every dimension of rebuilding. From historical lessons to cutting-edge practices, there is so much to learn.\" (Brent Warr, Mayor, City of Gulfport, Mississippi) \"A remarkable collection of essays.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Planning Association\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisasters-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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e -Amy Gutmann\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e -Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter\u003cbr\u003e I. MAKING PLACES LESS VULNERABLE\u003cbr\u003e 1. Physical Constraints on Reconstructing New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e -Robert Giegengack and Kenneth R. Foster\u003cbr\u003e 2. Negotiating a Fluid Terrain\u003cbr\u003e -Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Problems of Containment and the Promise of Planning\u003cbr\u003e -Raymond J. Burby, Arthur C. Nelson, and Thomas W. Sanchez\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mapping for Sustainable Resilience\u003cbr\u003e -Frederick Steiner, Barbara Faga, James Sipes, and Robert Yaro\u003cbr\u003e 5. Natural Hazards Science-A Matter of Public Safety\u003cbr\u003e -P. Patrick Leahy\u003cbr\u003e II. RETURNING URBAN PLACES TO ECONOMIC VIABILITY\u003cbr\u003e 6. Measuring Katrina's Impact on the Gulf Megapolitan Area\u003cbr\u003e -Robert E. Lang\u003cbr\u003e 7. Restarting the Economy\u003cbr\u003e -Mark Zandi, Steven Cochrane, Fillip Ksiazkiewicz, and Ryan Sweet\u003cbr\u003e 8. Rebuilding Transportation\u003cbr\u003e -Rachel Weinberger\u003cbr\u003e 9. Learning from Past Disasters\u003cbr\u003e -Eugenie L. Birch\u003cbr\u003e 10. Restoring Urban Viability\u003cbr\u003e -Lawrence J. Vale\u003cbr\u003e 11. Housing Displaced Families\u003cbr\u003e -Jeffrey Lubell\u003cbr\u003e 12. Assessing The University's Role\u003cbr\u003e -Lester A. Lefton and Yvette Jones\u003cbr\u003e III. RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE DISPLACED: ISSUES OF CLASS, RACE, AND RECOVERY\u003cbr\u003e 13. Inadequate Reponses, Limited Expectations\u003cbr\u003e -Elijah Anderson\u003cbr\u003e 14. Educational Equity in Postdisaster New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e -Vivian L. Gadsden\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Lost and Forgotten\u003cbr\u003e -Richard J. Gelles\u003cbr\u003e 16. Temporary Housing Blues\u003cbr\u003e -Gary Hack\u003cbr\u003e 17. Lessons from Sri Lanka\u003cbr\u003e -Thomas L. Daniels and Harris Steinberg\u003cbr\u003e V. RECREATING A SENSE OF PLACE\u003cbr\u003e 18. Promoting Cultural Preservation\u003cbr\u003e -Randall Mason\u003cbr\u003e 19. Understanding New Orleans's Architectural Ecology\u003cbr\u003e -Dell Upton\u003cbr\u003e 20. Reconstructing New Orleans: A Progress Report\u003cbr\u003e -Jonathan Barnett and John Beckman\u003cbr\u003e 21. 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