1st Edition

New Orleans and the Design Moment

Edited By Jacob Wagner, Michael Frisch Copyright 2013
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Following the disaster of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, people began to discuss and visualize the ways in which the urban structure of the city could be reorganized. Rather than defining the disaster recovery process as simply a matter of rebuilding the existing city, these voices called for a more radical rethinking of the city’s physical, social and environmental systems. This idea of... Read more

1. Introduction: New Orleans and the Design Moment  2. The Unbuilding of Historic Neighbourhoods in Post-Katrina New Orleans  3. Whose City Hall Is It? Architecture and Identity in New Orleans  4. Urban Design and Civil Society in New Orleans: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies in the Post-Flood Design Moment  5. From Green Dots to Greenways: Planning in the Age of Climate Change in Post-Katrina New Orleans  6. Imageability and Justice in Contemporary New Orleans  7. Reconstructing Devastated Cities: Europe after World War II and New Orleans after Katrina

Biography

Jacob A. Wagner is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He is the author of several articles and book chapters related to planning theory, urbanism and the politics of urban design.

Michael Frisch is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He studies urban redevelopment, environmental planning and the impact of urban planning on lesbian and gay communities.