New Orleans and the Design Moment

Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung Post-Katrina New Orleans has been a testing ground for many ideas about city planning and urban design. This volume explores the different dimensions of the city’s urban form and the implications of rebuilding the city after Hurricane Katrina. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Urban Design. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Frisch Wagner
• Assisted by: Michael Frisch (Editor), Frisch Michael (Editor), Jacob Wagner (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2015
• EAN: 9781138946057
• ISBN: 978-1-138-94605-7
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, The environment, environmental science, engineering & technology, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, The Americas, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Environmental science, engineering and technology, City and town planning: architectural aspects