Beneath the Rising: The Crisis of Planning (Beneath the Rising)

by Carol McMichael Reese, Michael Sorkin, and Anthony Fontenot

Mike Davis (Foreword)

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When the levees broke in August 2005 as a result of Hurricane Katrina, 80 percent of the city of New Orleans was flooded, with a loss of 134,000 homes and 986 lives. In particular, the devastation hit the vulnerable communities the hardest: the old, the poor and the African American. The disaster exposed the hideous inequality of the city. In response to the disaster numerous plans, designs and projects were proposed.

This bold, challenging and informed book gathers together the variety of responses from politicians, writers, architects and planners and searches for the answers of one of the most important issues of our age: How can we plan for the future, creating a more robust and equal place?
  • ISBN10 1786182734
  • ISBN13 9781786182739
  • Publish Date 3 March 2020 (first published 1 January 2014)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Solaris