Reardon, Kenneth M.Ionescu-Heroiu, MarcelRumbach, Andrew J.2012-03-302012-03-302008Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Researchhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4881This article describes how grassroots activists and community leaders representing poor and working class residents of New Orleans, together with planning students and faculty from three research universities, overcame racial, class, and cultural barriers to collaboration to create and promote a comprehensive Hurricane Katrina recovery plan for the neighborhoods that make up the city's Ninth Ward.ENAnalysis of Education I210Economics of Minorities and RacesNon-labor Discrimination J150Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional MigrationRegional Labor MarketsPopulationNeighborhood Characteristics R230Regional Development Policy R580Journal ArticleWorld Bank