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Comments on Katrina

Comments on Katrina Susan Greenbaum University of South Florida What are the alternatives for alleviating the extreme poverty that was revealed in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in late August 2005? The options under consideration are to aid the dispersal of former residents of impoverished neighborhoods into more advantageous settings (either in the rebuilt city or within other parts of the United States), or to focus on reestablishing and strengthening communities that existed prior to the disaster. These are not mutually exclusive. My preference would be to assist those who want to start new lives elsewhere and also to enable those who want to return and recreate lost communities, such as the one that existed for generations in the Lower Ninth Ward. The persisting danger of such a low-lying site would have to be resolved, perhaps by consolidation in a higher section, or in a new place. What should be preserved, however, is the community that gave birth to the Mardi Gras Indians and other integral aspects of New Orleans culture. Underlying those traditions, and of greater importance, were the intergenerational networks of kinship, friendship, and mutual aid; the businesses and churches; and the high levels of home ownership that anchored people http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City and Community SAGE

Comments on Katrina

Greenbaum, Susan
City and Community , Volume 5 (2): 1 – Jun 1, 2006
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SAGE
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1535-6841
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1540-6040
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10.1111/j.1540-6040.2006.00163.x
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Susan Greenbaum University of South Florida What are the alternatives for alleviating the extreme poverty that was revealed in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in late August 2005? The options under consideration are to aid the dispersal of former residents of impoverished neighborhoods into more advantageous settings (either in the rebuilt city or within other parts of the United States), or to focus on reestablishing and strengthening communities that existed prior to the disaster. These are not mutually exclusive. My preference would be to assist those who want to start new lives elsewhere and also to enable those who want to return and recreate lost communities, such as the one that existed for generations in the Lower Ninth Ward. The persisting danger of such a low-lying site would have to be resolved, perhaps by consolidation in a higher section, or in a new place. What should be preserved, however, is the community that gave birth to the Mardi Gras Indians and other integral aspects of New Orleans culture. Underlying those traditions, and of greater importance, were the intergenerational networks of kinship, friendship, and mutual aid; the businesses and churches; and the high levels of home ownership that anchored people

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City and Community – SAGE

Published: Jun 1, 2006

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