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SPUR Lunchtime Forum: New Orleans: rebuilding in an era of climate change

"New Orleans is a natural case study for examining the consequences of global climate change up close and personal. Edward Blakely, former recovery chief for the City of New Orleans, focuses on the inter-relationships of ecological, social, economic and environmental re-planning in one of America's most important regions."

“New Orleans is a natural case study for examining the consequences of global climate change up close and personal. Edward Blakely, former recovery chief for the City of New Orleans, focuses on the inter-relationships of ecological, social, economic and environmental re-planning in one of America’s most important regions.”

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Michael Rhodes is a former reporter for Streetsblog San Francisco. He lives in the Mission Dolores neighborhood and is a graduate of UC Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning.

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