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An International Perspective On Rebuilding New Orleans

Posted by: Brenda Meyer

15 September 2005 - 11:00am

The BBC reports that city officials plan to rethink the urban geography of New Orleans in order to make it stronger and better than ever.

"Impoverished areas wiped out by Katrina may not simply be rebuilt as they were. That may please the US public, 54% of whom now think flooded areas of the city should not rise again, according to an Associated Press opinion poll.

...Now property developers, urban conservationists and city planners are expecting schemes that once competed for funding to find a new lease of life."

Full Story: Plans afoot to rebuild New Orleans
Source: BBC News, September 15, 2005
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