Professor Lawrence Vale

Professor of Urban Design and Planning at MIT

Professor Lawrence Vale appears in the following:

As Rescue Efforts in Haiti Wind Down, the Rebuilding Challenge Just Begins

Monday, January 25, 2010

It's been almost two weeks since the 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti and the government has formally called an end to the search and rescue efforts. The focus of relief will soon shift from treating the wounded survivors to embarking on the long slog of rebuilding a collapsed city. We get an update on the overall situation there and then we examine how other cities dealt with reconstruction challenges after a disaster like this.

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