HOUSING REBUILDING IN THE DISASTER AREA

Tamiyo KONDO
2012 Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)  
�� �� Tamiyo KONDO This study clarifies the housing rebuilding situation in three neighborhoods in City of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina (2005). The most distinctive trend is that the housing rebuilding percentage in all neighborhoods was almost same as 50%, and there is significant difference in percentage of abundant housing and vacant lots. This paper pointed several factors implicated in neighborhood housing rebuilding status gap, such as property values, the lack of option for
more » ... property, individual income and homeownership etc. The further research is needed to verify this hypothesis which is formulated through this paper.
doi:10.3130/aija.77.67 fatcat:rskxrg6x7nda5ntzsp5k66n5ee