TY - BOOK ID - 3093927 TI - Rebuilding urban places after disaster : lessons from hurricane Katrina. AU - Birch, Eugenie L. AU - Wachter, Susan M. PY - 2006 VL - *1 SN - 0812219805 9780812219807 0812204484 1283897970 PB - Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania press DB - UniCat KW - Urban renewal KW - 711.168 KW - 911.375 KW - 551.515.2 KW - Model cities KW - Renewal, Urban KW - Urban redevelopment KW - Urban renewal projects KW - City planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Urban policy KW - Planologie: restauratieplannen; wederopbouwplannen; herbouwplannen KW - Urban settlements (their study and geography). Towns. Cities KW - Tropical cyclones. Hurricanes. Typhoons KW - 711.168 Planologie: restauratieplannen; wederopbouwplannen; herbouwplannen KW - 551.515.2 Tropical cyclones. Hurricanes. Typhoons KW - Hurricane Katrina, 2005 KW - Katrina, Hurricane, 2005 KW - Hurricanes KW - Cities and towns KW - Civic planning KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Regional planning KW - Government policy KW - Management KW - New Orleans (La.) KW - Big Easy (La.) KW - Crescent City (La.) KW - La Nouvelle-Orléans (La.) KW - NOLA (La.) KW - Nawlins (La.) KW - Neu Orleans (La.) KW - Nieuw Orleans (La.) KW - Nouvelle-Orléans (La.) KW - Neuva Orleans (La.) KW - Nueva Orleans (La.) KW - Nuova Orleans (La.) KW - City of New Orleans (La.) KW - Cité d'Orléans (La.) KW - Orleans Parish (La.) KW - Economic conditions. KW - Social conditions. KW - Louisiana KW - New Orleans, La. KW - Social conditions KW - Economic conditions KW - Hurricane Katrina, 2005. KW - Architecture. KW - Business. KW - Economics. KW - Fine Art. KW - Garden History. KW - Public Policy. KW - Technology and Engineering. KW - Urban Studies. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3093927 AB - 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. ER -