New Orleans 5 - City Design

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New Orleans 5 - City Design

• Rebuilding the Most Culturally-Rich City in the
  United States

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Original Team Goals

• Project economic and racial demographics for a
  repopulated New Orleans
• Create an ideal city and strip away the
  impractical characteristics to arrive at a
  plausible solution
• Preserve the citys history while accommodating
  modern social standards

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Revised Goals

• Obtain a comprehensive understanding of New
  Orleans cultural history
• Investigate the citys current cultural
  significance
• Convey each neighborhoods social and cultural
  importance to the city as a whole
• Examine how other areas have dealt with similar
  disasters

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Answers to YOUR Questions

• Q Which neighborhoods, if any, should be
  reclaimed as wetlands?
• A Generally deserted areas, those most prone to
  future damage determined by the history of levee
  breaches and current level of disrepair

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Answers to YOUR Questions

• Consider the most damaged neighborhoods
• Lower Ninth Ward
• Chalmette
• New Orleans East
• Lakeview
• Ninth Ward

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Answers to YOUR Questions
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Answers to YOUR Questions

• Q What is the political climate like in the
  city?
• A General discrimination against the poor and
  minorities of New Orleans by local, state, and
  federal authorities

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Answers to YOUR Questions

• More on political climate Bribery and corruption
  run rampant, especially in regards to levee
  maintenance result - little to none is being
  done to rebuild the city
• Solution? Education would promote awareness,
  understanding, and productivity in an
  ever-struggling city

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Answers to YOUR Questions

• Q What is the breakdown of population and
  demographics in pre and post Katrina New Orleans?
• A Pre-Katrina population 454,863 vs.
  Post-Katrina population 187,525

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Answers to YOUR Questions

• 2000 Blacks-325,947 Whites-135,956
• Current Blacks-86,917 Whites-82,048
• General population predictions have suffered from
  overestimation
• Great reference site www.gnocdc.org

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Current Plan

• Preserve as many neighborhoods as possible
• Encourage cultural events to continue and grow
• Provide adequate social services to the returning
  population
• Build, stock, and staff public schools
• Begin changing peoples mindset at the very basic
  level of compulsory elementary education and
  encourage safer alternatives for housing and
  energy