An economic development architecture for New Orleans
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina, followed by multiple levee failures, devastated New Orleans and other parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast, inflicting major damage to commercial property, infrastructure, and housing. The failure of the levees and the subsequent flooding of New Orleans caused enormous dam...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Santa Monica, CA :
RAND
2008.
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Edición: | 1st ed |
Colección: | Technical report (Rand Corporation) ;
TR-547-HI. |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427828806719 |
Sumario: | In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina, followed by multiple levee failures, devastated New Orleans and other parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast, inflicting major damage to commercial property, infrastructure, and housing. The failure of the levees and the subsequent flooding of New Orleans caused enormous damage and disruption to the city, its people, and its economy. Recovering from a disaster of this magnitude poses a major challenge to the city, the state, and the nation. The complexity of this challenge is compounded by the fact that New Orleans? population and economy had been lagging for several d |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (69 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49). |
ISBN: | 9781281736741 9786611736743 9780833045812 |
Acceso: | Open access |