Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster : Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

Preface: ``The Wound'' vii Amy Gutmann Introduction: Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster 1(12) Eugenie L. Birch Susan M. Wachter I. Making Places Less Vulnerable Physical Constraints on Reconstructing New Orleans 13(21) Robert Giegengack Kenneth R. Foster Negotiating a Fluid Terrain 34(13) Anuradha Mathur Dilip da Cunha The Problems of Containment and the Promise of Planning 47(19) Raymond J. Burby Arthur C. Nelson Thomas W. Sanchez Mapping for Sustainable Resilience 66(12) Frederick Steiner Barbara Faga James Sipes Robert Yaro Natural Hazards Science---A Matter of Public Safety 78(11) P. Patrick Leahy II. Returning Urban Places to Economic Viability Measuring Katrina's Impact on the Gulf Megapolitan Area 89(14) Robert E. Lang Restarting the Economy 103(14) Mark Zandi Steven Cochrane Fillip Ksiazkiewicz Ryan Sweet Rebuilding Transportation 117(15) Rachel Weinberger Learning from Past Disasters 132(17) Eugenie L. Birch Restoring Urban Viability 149(19) Lawrence J. Vale Housing Displaced Families 168(17) Jeffrey Lubell Assessing the University's Role 185(8) Lester A. Lefton Yvette M. Jones III. Responding to the Needs of the Displaced: Issues of Class, Race, and Recovery Inadequate Responses, Limited Expectations 193(8) Elijah Anderson Educational Equity in Post-Disaster New Orleans 201(16) Vivian L. Gadsden The Lost and Forgotten 217(13) Richard J. Gelles Temporary Housing Blues 230(14) Gary Hack Lessons from Sri Lanka 244(15) Thomas L. Daniels Harris Steinberg IV. Recreating a Sense of Place Promoting Cultural Preservation 259(16) Randall Mason Understanding New Orleans's Architectural Ecology 275(13) Dell Upton Reconstructing New Orleans: A Progress Report 288(17) Jonathan Barnett John Beckman Rebuilding the ``Land of Dreams'' with Music 305(24) Nick Spitzer Walking to Wal-Mart: Planning for Mississippi and Beyond 329(13) Sandy Sorlien Leland R. Speed Afterword 342(3) Ronald J. Daniels Bibliography 345(20) Acknowledgments 365(2) List of Contributors 367