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.
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.
Eugenie L. Birch is Professor and Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Susan M. Wachter is the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance, The Wharton School; Professor of City and Regional Planning, School of Design; and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Foreword —Amy Gutmann Introduction —Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter I. MAKING PLACES LESS VULNERABLE 1. Physical Constraints on Reconstructing New Orleans —Robert Giegengack and Kenneth R. Foster 2. Negotiating a Fluid Terrain —Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha 3. The Problems of Containment and the Promise of Planning —Raymond J. Burby, Arthur C. Nelson, and Thomas W. Sanchez 4. Mapping for Sustainable Resilience —Frederick Steiner, Barbara Faga, James Sipes, and Robert Yaro 5. Natural Hazards Science—A Matter of Public Safety —P. Patrick Leahy II. RETURNING URBAN PLACES TO ECONOMIC VIABILITY 6. Measuring Katrina's Impact on the Gulf Megapolitan Area —Robert E. Lang 7. Restarting the Economy —Mark Zandi, Steven Cochrane, Fillip Ksiazkiewicz, and Ryan Sweet 8. Rebuilding Transportation —Rachel Weinberger 9. Learning from Past Disasters —Eugenie L. Birch 10. Restoring Urban Viability —Lawrence J. Vale 11. Housing Displaced Families —Jeffrey Lubell 12. Assessing The University's Role —Lester A. Lefton and Yvette Jones III. RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE DISPLACED: ISSUES OF CLASS, RACE, AND RECOVERY 13. Inadequate Reponses, Limited Expectations —Elijah Anderson 14. Educational Equity in Postdisaster New Orleans —Vivian L. Gadsden 15. The Lost and Forgotten —Richard J. Gelles 16. Temporary Housing Blues —Gary Hack 17. Lessons from Sri Lanka —Thomas L. Daniels and Harris Steinberg V. RECREATING A SENSE OF PLACE 18. Promoting Cultural Preservation —Randall Mason 19. Understanding New Orleans's Architectural Ecology —Dell Upton 20. Reconstructing New Orleans: A Progress Report —Jonathan Barnett and John Beckman 21. Rebuilding the "Land of Dreams" with Music —Nick Spitzer 22. Walking to Wal-Mart: Planning for Mississippi and Beyond —Sandy Sorlien and Leland R. Speed Afterword —Ronald J. Daniels
Foreword —Amy Gutmann Introduction —Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter I. MAKING PLACES LESS VULNERABLE 1. Physical Constraints on Reconstructing New Orleans —Robert Giegengack and Kenneth R. Foster 2. Negotiating a Fluid Terrain —Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha 3. The Problems of Containment and the Promise of Planning —Raymond J. Burby, Arthur C. Nelson, and Thomas W. Sanchez 4. Mapping for Sustainable Resilience —Frederick Steiner, Barbara Faga, James Sipes, and Robert Yaro 5. Natural Hazards Science—A Matter of Public Safety —P. Patrick Leahy II. RETURNING URBAN PLACES TO ECONOMIC VIABILITY 6. Measuring Katrina's Impact on the Gulf Megapolitan Area —Robert E. Lang 7. Restarting the Economy —Mark Zandi, Steven Cochrane, Fillip Ksiazkiewicz, and Ryan Sweet 8. Rebuilding Transportation —Rachel Weinberger 9. Learning from Past Disasters —Eugenie L. Birch 10. Restoring Urban Viability —Lawrence J. Vale 11. Housing Displaced Families —Jeffrey Lubell 12. Assessing The University's Role —Lester A. Lefton and Yvette Jones III. RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE DISPLACED: ISSUES OF CLASS, RACE, AND RECOVERY 13. Inadequate Reponses, Limited Expectations —Elijah Anderson 14. Educational Equity in Postdisaster New Orleans —Vivian L. Gadsden 15. The Lost and Forgotten —Richard J. Gelles 16. Temporary Housing Blues —Gary Hack 17. Lessons from Sri Lanka —Thomas L. Daniels and Harris Steinberg V. RECREATING A SENSE OF PLACE 18. Promoting Cultural Preservation —Randall Mason 19. Understanding New Orleans's Architectural Ecology —Dell Upton 20. Reconstructing New Orleans: A Progress Report —Jonathan Barnett and John Beckman 21. Rebuilding the "Land of Dreams" with Music —Nick Spitzer 22. Walking to Wal-Mart: Planning for Mississippi and Beyond —Sandy Sorlien and Leland R. Speed Afterword —Ronald J. Daniels
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