Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

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