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Summary:

"After seven years of service as the president of Tulane University, Scott Cowen watched the devastation of his beloved New Orleans at the hands of Hurricane Katrina. When federal, state, and city officials couldn't find their way to decisive action, Cowen, known for his gutsy leadership, quickly partnered with a coalition of civic, business, and nonprofit leaders looking to work around the old institutions to revitalize and transform New Orleans. This team led the charge to restore equilibrium and eventually to rebuild. For the past nine years, Cowen has continued this work, helping to bring the city of New Orleans back from the brink. The Inevitable City presents 10 principles that changed the game for this city, and, if adopted, can alter the curve for any business, endeavor, community - and perhaps even a nation. This is the story of the resurgence and reinvention of one of America's greatest cities. Ordinary citizens, empowered to actively rescue their own city after politicians and government officials failed them, have succeeded in rebuilding their world. Cowen was at the leading edge of those who articulated, shaped, and implemented a vision of transformative change that has yielded surprising social progress and economic growth: a drowned city identified with the shocking images of devastation and breakdown has transformed itself into a mecca of growth, opportunity, and hope." -- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / by Walter Isaacson
• Find your purpose
• Hard calls: do the right thing
• Chocolate city: seek common ground
• The city that care forgot: Marshal facts
• The problem we all live with: understand reality
• Make it right: aim high
• Fight, fight, fight: stand up for your beliefs
• Grow dat: make contact
• Inflection point: innovate
• Let the good times roll: embrace emotion
• Doing good: be true to core values.

Author/Creator:

Cowen, Scott S. , author

Contributors:

Seifter, Betsy , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The inevitable city: the resurgence of New Orleans and the future of urban America [by Cowen, S.S.]

Subjects:

Cowen, Scott S.

Urban renewal — Louisiana — New Orleans

Urban renewal — Louisiana — New Orleans — Citizen participation

City planning — Louisiana — New Orleans

Leadership — Louisiana — New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina, 2005

New Orleans (La.) — Race relations

Hurricane Katrina (2005)

2005

City planning

Leadership

Urban renewal

Race relations

Urban renewal — Citizen participation

Louisiana — New Orleans

Louisiana — Orleans Parish

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

HT177.N49 C69 2014

ISBNs:

9781137278869 (hardback)
1137278862 (hardback)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2014008943

OCLC Numbers:

860395406