Smart Growth America: REBUILDING AFTER KATRINA
Smart Growth America: REBUILDING AFTER KATRINA
”Devastated St. Bernard Parish working to come back, smarter
No jurisdiction was more devastated by Hurricane Katrina than St. Bernard Parish, a post-war suburb of New Orleans just across the city line from the Lower 9th Ward. Nearly every inch of the parish flooded, and only one structure, the parish jail, escaped without damage. Though tight-knit socially, in many ways the parish was emblematic of poorly-planned sprawl, a collection of out-moded retail corridors and slab-on-grade, ranch-house subdivisions that had been creeping deeper into the marshland that otherwise would serve as a break against tidal surge.”
”To read more about the charrette outcomes please see:
St. Bernard gets recovery going (The Times Picayune)
To download the final presentation, click here.
For a story on the charrette team’s proposals for temporary housing, click here.”
| Source: Smart Growth America
”Devastated St. Bernard Parish working to come back, smarter
No jurisdiction was more devastated by Hurricane Katrina than St. Bernard Parish, a post-war suburb of New Orleans just across the city line from the Lower 9th Ward. Nearly every inch of the parish flooded, and only one structure, the parish jail, escaped without damage. Though tight-knit socially, in many ways the parish was emblematic of poorly-planned sprawl, a collection of out-moded retail corridors and slab-on-grade, ranch-house subdivisions that had been creeping deeper into the marshland that otherwise would serve as a break against tidal surge.”
”To read more about the charrette outcomes please see:
St. Bernard gets recovery going (The Times Picayune)
To download the final presentation, click here.
For a story on the charrette team’s proposals for temporary housing, click here.”
| Source: Smart Growth America
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