Crisis cities : disaster and redevelopment in New York and New Orleans
Gotham, Kevin FoxAuthor
Greenberg, MiriamContributor
This volume blends critical theoretical insight with a historically grounded comparative study to examine the form, trajectory, and contradictions of redevelopment efforts following the 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina disasters. Based on years of research in the two cities, Gotham and Greenberg contend that New York and New Orleans have emerged as paradigmatic crisis cities, representing a free-market approach to post-disaster redevelopment that is increasingly dominant for crisis-stricken cities around the world.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume blends critical theoretical insight with a historically grounded comparative study to examine the form, trajectory, and contradictions of redevelopment efforts following the 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina disasters. Based on years of research in the two cities, Gotham and Greenberg contend that New York and New Orleans have emerged as paradigmatic crisis cities, representing a free-market approach to post-disaster redevelopment that is increasingly dominant for crisis-stricken cities around the world.
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Urban renewal
Urban renewal
Disasters
Disasters
Urban policy
Urban policy
Sociology, Urban
Sociology, Urban
Sociology & Social History
Social Sciences
Communities - Urban Groups