Wednesday, January 11, 2006

New Orleans: Urban Planning and the Divided City

Setha Low discusses what she calls the 'divided city'. New Orleans was an extreme example of a city divided along racial lines. Some of this social divison followed geographic distinctions of low ground vs high ground. In the reconstruction, this could pose major problems: "Some residents feared the...recommendations would create a blueprint that eliminated mostly black neighbourhoods."

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