Rebuilding urban places after disaster : lessons from Hurricane Katrina /
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.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2006.
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Series: | City in the twenty-first century book series.
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Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Summary: | 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. |
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Item Description: | OldControl:muse9780812204483. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 375 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-364). |
ISBN: | 9780812204483 0812204484 1283897970 9781283897976 |