3 Questions: Lawrence Vale on rebuilding Haiti

This article focuses on an interview conducted with MIT's Ford Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Lawrence Vale. MIT News interviews Vale on the tasks involved in rebuilding Haiti and the transition from the past when ruined cities ("Lost Cities") were left and to the present when they are almost always rebuilt. Vale describes the rebuilding process in three seapart parts: the physical rebuilding phase, socio-economic rebuilding, and emotional rebuilding. Specifically for Haiti, Vale comments on the necessary rebuilding of churches and other "houses of worship." Lastly, Vale answers a question regarding the political climate of Haiti and its part in the reconstruction. The full article can be seen by clicking on the following link: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/3q-vale-haiti-0120.html