12/7/2006

From Tuesday's Times Picayune:

"LESSONS FROM ABROAD
Japanese city's rebuilding began with a plan that was to be imposed on its citizens, but ultimately relied on discussion and compromise"
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
By Gordon Russell
"KOBE, Japan -- Nearly 12 years after being mostly leveled in a cataclysmic earthquake, this port city halfway around the globe has a glittering new skyline, a model for New Orleans as it negotiates the early stages of recovery ....."
for the rest of the comparative redevelopment lesson see: http://www.nola.com/search/index.ssf?/base/library-116/1165301955225120.xml?ZZLIBB&coll=1