26700: Lebleu: (ask) Digital Map Request of Port-au-Prince (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Anne Lebleu <al2293@columbia.edu>

I am a graduate student at Columbia finishing up  a semester long project on 
the preservation of the built fabric and overall urban development of 
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I am having trouble finding a recent digital map of 
Port-au-Prince with its neighborhoods. Due to time restrictions, I am unable to 
visit Port-au-Prince, so any other information people may want to share on the 
neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince is welcome. Descriptions of homes, or the 
current urban and living conditions in Port-au-Prince. I know that the urban 
situation has deteriorated in recent years, and was wondering if certain urban 
trends have developed as a result. Are there certain architectural elements 
being retained despite the urban strife? Have certain social customs preserved 
architectural traditions or vice-versa? Do the people of Port-au-Prince 
consider these issues at all important, or do they focus on more daily, and 
certainly more relevant issues like water access, sanitation etc?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Anne Lebleu