https://emsenn.net/tags/urbansociology/ Recent content in UrbanSociology on emsenn.net Hugo en-us Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/humanities/domains/sociology/domains/critical-theory/domains/anarchism/domains/disaster-response/domains/emergent-disaster-response/texts/post-disaster-redevelopment-and-grassroots-recovery/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/humanities/domains/sociology/domains/critical-theory/domains/anarchism/domains/disaster-response/domains/emergent-disaster-response/texts/post-disaster-redevelopment-and-grassroots-recovery/ <p>Emergent disaster response does not unfold in an empty field. It unfolds inside struggles over housing, redevelopment, public health, repopulation, and whose return will be supported after a disaster. Research on Katrina and Sandy shows that official recovery often treats crisis as an opportunity to reorganize urban space, redirect investment, and narrow who counts as part of the rebuilt city [@greenberg2014; @gardner2009].</p> <p>Within this school, that matters because grassroots response is not only an answer to immediate unmet need. It is also part of a conflict over what recovery means. Mutual aid, return, neighborhood repair, and community defense often develop against redevelopment agendas that treat survivor communities as obstacles rather than as the substance of the city&rsquo;s recovery [@greenberg2014; @morellofrosch2011].</p>