My Storm: Managing the Recovery of New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina

Edward J. Blakely

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2012

My Storm

Managing the Recovery of New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina

Edward J. Blakely
With contributions by: Henry Cisneros

In the series The City in the Twenty-First Century

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207064

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Contents

About this book

My Storm is a firsthand account of a critical sixteen months in the post-Katrina recovery process. It tells how Blakely, as Katrina recovery czar, endeavored to transform the shell of a cherished American city into a city that could not only survive but thrive.

Author / Editor information

Edward J. Blakely is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Policy and Director of the Planning Research Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of four books and more than 100 scholarly articles. His publications include Separate Societies: Poverty and Inequality in U.S. Cities and Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice. Henry Cisneros is former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Henry G. Cisneros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Seeing the Problem
1. An Alarming View from Down Under Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Getting to New Orleans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
3. A Harbinger of Problems to Come Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
4. “Fix It!” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Part II. Where to from Here?
5. Im agining a Future Out of Mud: A Recovery Plan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
6. Inside the Mayor’s “Cocoon” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
7. Putting My Team on the Field: Recovery Administration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
8. Politics and Money Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Part III Elements of the City
10. In Search of Civic Leadership Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
11. More Than Bricks and Sticks: Reviving Neighborhoods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
12. The Race Cards of Recovery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
13. A Medium off Mess age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
14. Levees and FE MA: The Real Hazards for New Orleans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Part IV Assessing the Recovery
15. Chance to Assess the Recovery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
16. In the “Big Easy,” Nothing Comes Easy, Not Even Leaving Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Appendix. Memorandum of Understanding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 192
Illustrations
- Other: 8 illus.
Keywords: Biography; Social Science; General; Public Policy; Urban Studies; Biography; Autobiography; Political Science

eBook

Published: January 31, 2012
ISBN: 9780812207064