Rebuilding Urban Places after Disaster Lessons from Hurricane Katrina |
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| Editor:
| Birch, Eugenie L.
Wachter, Susan M. |
| Series title: | The City in the Twenty-First Century Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-1980-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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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.