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Biographical note: Edward J. Blakely is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Policy and Director of the Planning Research Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of four books and more than 100 scholarly articles. His publications include Separate Societies: Poverty and Inequality in U.S. Cities and Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice. Henry Cisneros is former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
My Storm is a firsthand account of a critical sixteen months in the post-Katrina recovery process. It tells how Blakely, as Katrina recovery czar, endeavored to transform the shell of a cherished American city into a city that could not only survive but thrive.