Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface: ‘‘The Wound’’ vii
4. Introduction: Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster 1
5. Part I. Making Places Less Vulnerable
6. CHAPTER 1. Physical Constraints on Reconstructing New Orleans 13
7. CHAPTER 2. Negotiating a Fluid Terrain 34
8. CHAPTER 3. The Problems of Containment and the Promise of Planning 47
9. CHAPTER 4. Mapping for Sustainable Resilience 66
10. CHAPTER 5. Natural Hazards Science—A Matter of Public Safety 78
11. Part II. Returning Urban Places to Economic Viability
12. CHAPTER 6. Measuring Katrina’s Impact on the Gulf Megapolitan Area 89
13. CHAPTER 7. Restarting the Economy 103
14. CHAPTER 8. Rebuilding Transportation 117
15. CHAPTER 9. Learning from Past Disasters 132
16. CHAPTER 10. Restoring Urban Viability 149
17. CHAPTER 11. Housing Displaced Families 168
18. CHAPTER 12. Assessing the University’s Role 185
19. Part III. Responding to the Needs of the Displaced: Issues of Class, Race, and Recovery
20. CHAPTER 13. Inadequate Reponses, Limited Expectations 193
21. Chapter 14. Educational Equity in Post-Disaster New Orleans 201
22. CHAPTER 15. The Lost and Forgotten 217
23. CHAPTER 16. Temporary Housing Blues 230
24. CHAPTER 17. Lessons from Sri Lanka 244
25. Part IV. Recreating a Sense of Place
26. CHAPTER 18. Promoting Cultural Preservation 259
27. CHAPTER 19. Understanding New Orleans’s Architectural Ecology 275
28. CHAPTER 20. Reconstructing New Orleans: A Progress Report 288
29. CHAPTER 21. Rebuilding the ‘‘Land of Dreams’’ with Music 305
30. CHAPTER 22. Walking to Wal-Mart: Planning for Mississippi and Beyond 329
31. Afterword 342
32. Bibliography 345
33. Acknowledgments 365
34. List of Contributors 367