{"product_id":"rebuilding-community-after-katrina-ken-reardon-9781439911006","title":"Rebuilding Community after Katrina: Transformative Education in the New Orleans Planning Initiative","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebuilding Community after Katrina\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the innovative and ambitious partnership between Cornell University's City and Regional Planning department and ACORN Housing, an affiliate of what was the nation's largest low-income community organization. These unlikely allies came together to begin to rebuild devastated neighborhoods in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe editors and contributors to this volume allow participants' voices to show how this partnership integrated careful, technical analysis with aggressive community outreach and organizing. With essays by activists, organizers, community members, and academics on the ground, \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Community after Katrina\u003c\/i\u003e presents insights on the challenges involved in changing the way politicians and analysts imagined the future of New Orleans' Ninth Ward. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat emerges from this complex drama are lessons about community planning, organizational relationships, and team building across multi-cultural lines. The accounts presented in \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Community after Katrina\u003c\/i\u003e raise important and sensitive questions about the appropriate roles of outsiders in community-based planning processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Reardon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439911002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439911006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.03h x 4.81w x 0.70d","brand":"Ken Reardon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130558509311,"sku":"9781439911006","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd244ab3-cac0-4b6d-aa1f-55d5e7d3d214.jpg?v=1687470020","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rebuilding-community-after-katrina-ken-reardon-9781439911006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}