List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Chapter 1. The Hurricane Katrina Catastrophe
How Katrina Became a Catastrophe
Foreshadowing the Katrina Catastrophe
The Challenges Ahead
Chapter 2. Order from Chaos: Planning at the State and Federal Levels
Money, Politics, Mistrust
State and Federal Planning Initiatives
Getting Professional Help: The Role of the Private Sector
-Louisiana Speaks+: Merging State, Federal, and Private-Sector Planning
Chapter 3. Planning for New Orleans: October 2005-March 2006
The Bring New Orleans Back Commission
Making the Case for Federal Funds
Public Unveiling of the BNOB Planning Strategy
Moving Forward: Organizing for Neighborhood Planning
The Federal Funding Battle, Act 2
Whither the Neighborhood Planning Initiative?
Final Chapter in the BNOBC Process
Chapter 4. Return to Chaos: Spring 2006
The Election
Neighborhood Planning from the Bottom Up
The City Council Takes Action
Rockefeller to the Rescue
A New Planning Process Begins to Emerge
Request for Qualifications
A Week in June
Selection of the Consultants
The Unified New Orleans Plan (UNOP)
Chapter 5. The New Orleans Neighborhoods Rebuilding Plan
Chapter 6. The Unified New Orleans Plan
Citywide Team Orientation
Other City Events
CSO Orientation
District Planning Team Orientation
UNOP Goes Public
ACORN Housing Fired
Community Congress I
Beginning Phase Two: Recovery Scenarios
Community Congress II
The Holiday Season
Second Meeting of the UNOP Resource Team
Final District Planning Meetings
The Last Stretch
Community Congress III
Final CSO Meeting
Official Handoff
The Plan
Chapter 7. Passing the Planning Baton
Ed Blakely Comes to New Orleans
The Target Areas Plan
Planning Commission Hearings for UNOP
Interlude: Continuing Federal Funding Issues
Interlude: Louisiana Speaks
City Planning Commission Approval of UNOP
City Council Approval
LRA Approval
Chapter 8. Conclusions
Planning Tensions: Speed versus Deliberation
The Opportunity to Correct Past Wrongs
Planning While in the Fog of War
Planning for the Wrong Battle
Time Compression
Coordinating and Improvising
Money
Planning and Plans after Disasters
Into the Void: Lack of Leadership and Communication
Public Perceptions of Planning
Public Involvement in Planning
Value of Prior Planning
Did the Plans Make a Difference?
The Future
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index