New Orleans under Reconstruction
Subtitle: the crisis of planning
By: edited by Carol McMichael Reese, Michael Sorkin and Anthony Fontenot ; foreword by Mike Davis
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9781781682746; 9781306919685; 9781781684313
Subjects: Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Social aspects; City planning; Urban renewal; Housing; Infrastructure (Economics); Economic conditions; Ouragan Katrina, 2005; Aspect social; Rénovation urbaine; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Civil; General; Economic history
Description: When the levees broke in August 2005 as a result of Hurricane Katrina, 80 percent of the city of New Orleans was flooded, with a loss of 134,000 homes and 986 lives. In particular, the devastation hit the vulnerable communities the hardest: the old, the poor and the African American. The disaster exposed the hideous inequality of the city. In response to the disaster numerous plans, designs and projects were proposed. This bold, challenging and informed book gathers together the variety of responses from politicians, writers, architects and planners and searches for the answers of one of the most important issues of our age: How can we plan for the future, creating a more robust and equal place'
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.