Urban Politics in the USA. New Orleans after Katrina and Rita

卡特里娜和丽塔飓风过后的新奥尔良重建对美国的城市政治和规划体系提出了非同寻常的挑战。地方、州级和国家的趋势以及对城市政治的影响以一种特殊的方式相互作用。通常在国家范围内工作的基金会、慈善家和非政府组织的活动提倡执行更可持续的规划、负担得起的住房和综合战略规划。然而，城市中有吸引力的地区已成为私人开发商寻租的场所。新奥尔良可以被理解为一个弱势的城市，它提供了一个很好的机会来调查公民社会和私营公司之间的相互作用，这在城市治理研究中经常被忽视。因此，该项目将有助于更好地理解美国的城市政治，特别是调查由非营利组织引发的改革范围。为此，我们分析了城市范围内的愿景、战略、方案、计划和规划话语，特别关注参与利益相关者的合理性、决策和所取得结果的选择性。

The reconstruction of New Orleans after the hurricanes Katrina and Rita pose an extraordinary challenge for the system of urban politics and planning in the USA. Local, state-level and national trends and influences on urban politics interact in a particular way. The activities of foundations, philanthropists and NGOs normally working in a national context advocate the implementation of more sustainable planning, affordable housing and integrated strategic planning. However, attractive areas of the city have become arenas for rent seeking by private developers. New Orleans can be understood as a weak municipality that offers a great opportunity to investigate the interactions between civil society and private companies, often neglected in urban governance research. The project will thus contribute to a better understanding of urban politics in the USA and especially investigate the scope for reform triggered by non-profit organizations. For this purpose, city-wide visions, strategies, programs, plans and planning discourses are analyzed with a special focus on the rationalities of the participating stakeholders, decision-making and the selectivity of the achieved results.