Comparing the incomparable: toward a theory of crisis cities -- "Tighten your belts and bite the bullet": the legacy of urban crisis in New York City and New Orleans -- Constructing the tabula rasa: framing and the political construction of crisis -- Crisis as opportunity: tracing the contentious spatial politics of redevelopment -- Landscapes of risk and resilience: from Lower Manhattan to the Lower Ninth Ward -- Rebranding the "Big Apple" and the "Big Easy": representations of crisis and crises of representation -- Conclusion: Lessons in the wake of crisis
Summary
This volume blends critical theoretical insight with a historically grounded comparative study to examine the form, trajectory, and contradictions of redevelopment efforts following the 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina disasters. Based on years of research in the two cities, Gotham and Greenberg contend that New York and New Orleans have emerged as paradigmatic crisis cities, representing a free-market approach to post-disaster redevelopment that is increasingly dominant for crisis-stricken cities around the world
