The points in the linked Atlantic piece will resonate strongly with anyone who has lived or experienced recovery.
Here are the author's main takeaways:
Collaborations need to be achievable to be useful
Good regional governance needs strong state buy-in
Collaborations need strong commonalities of interest
Disaster response should be guided by geographies of need, not geographies of government
How Local Governments Hinder Our Response to Natural Disasters - David Wachsmuth - The Atlantic Cities
This, alongside of my friend Mary Rowe's recent piece about New Orleans's "granular resilience" are examples of welcome analysis when thinking about the structure of recovery.
Rowe piece
Essays, links and visuals highlighting an alternative, resilient place at the strategic crescent of one mighty river.
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