The Great Footprint Debate, Updated
In the tumultuous aftermath of the 2005 Katrina deluge, New Orleanians debated passionately a fundamental geographical question: should the city close down flood-damaged neighborhoods and shrink its urban “footprint” in the interest of environmental sustainability, or does every citizen have a right to return to their home? Tulane geographer Richard Campanella revisits “the Great Footprint…
Disaster and Response in an Experiment Called New Orleans, 1700s-2000s
Courtesy Oxford Research Encyclopedia, Tulane geographer Richard Campanella analyzes three centuries of disasters in New Orleans—storm, flood, fire, plague, war, among others—and how the city has responded, recovered, and transformed. New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over the next nine months, AAG’s “Focus on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast,” will feature a series of articles on…