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Disasters, throughout the ages, have shaped the built environment. The way city planners, architects, engineers and politicians plan and design cities, buildings, highways, tunnels and bridges have all been fashioned to some degree by the mischievous hands of disasters. Planning for Disaster will trace the impact of natural and manmade disasters on urban planning, building design and the design of large-scale engineering projects such as bridges, tunnels and levees. The book will reference recent disasters such as the Loma Prieta Earthquake (1989), the Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), the 9/11 Terrorist Attack (2001), Hurricane Katrina (2005), as well as catastrophic events from history such as the burning of Rome in AD 64, the London fire of 1666, the New York fire of 1835, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. Planning for Disaster will include approximately 25 illustrations (photographs and figures) in support of the text.
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Gina Castro
reviewed Planning for Disaster: How Natural and Manmade Disasters Shape the Built Environment on February 27, 2017
Planning for Disaster: How Natural and Manmade Disasters Shape the Built Environment
This was an assigned text for a class I took on urban education, and takes a close look at gentrification in two NYC neighborhoods, Harlem and Clinton Hill. I currently live in the latter, and it certainly was unsettling to see my apartment (and the coffee shop across the street) not only mentioned as an example of neighborhood change, but pictured! But, one of Freeman's central arguments is that gentrification is not either all negative or all positive--some changes can be good for all residents, both new and "indigenous," such as increased amenities and police protection, while other changes can be bad, as is the case when indigenous residents are priced out. Freeman does a nice job of incorporating into his analysis perspectives from many different kinds of residents in both neighborhoods. On the whole, this is a worthwhile book for anyone who interested in urban spaces and renewal, and in the policies that shape who lives where.
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