Mississippi
Redefining The New Urbanism In The Context Of Katrina
Author Matt Dellinger examines the work of the New Urbanists in Mississippi and Louisiana, and whether or not New Urbanism has reached the tipping point in terms of wider acceptance.
Oxford American
The New Urbanists' Losing Battle For Biloxi
The New York Times Magazine critiques the efforts of New Urbanists to redesign Biloxi, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina, referring to the group as "faintly cultish".
The New York Times
Papers In Eye Of Katrina Win Pulitzers
The New Orleans Times-Picayune and Biloxi Sun Herald win prizes for public service in their coverage of the hurricane aftermath.
BBC News
Plan Allows Entire Big Easy To Be Rebuilt
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers release a new flood plain advisory for New Orleans' flooded areas.
The Christian Science Monitor
Katrina Rebuilding Rules Released
After a long wait, the Bush administration releases guidelines for new construction after the disaster.
The Washington Post
Katrina Cottage Aids Search For Permanence
The New Urbanist design is expensive, but the concept -- similar to recovery efforts after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake -- shows great promise.
Slate
Working Across Disciplines Toward Gulf Coast Solutions
Design Week 2006, Mississippi State University -- Frank Barbour, landscape architecture student at Mississippi State University, reports on MSU's Design Week 2006, which grouped 150 students from a variety of disciplines -- including architects, engineers, business students, and ecologists -- in an intense charrette to devise creative solutions to post-Katrina problems on Mississippi's Gulf Coast.
Electric Company Leads Downtown Revitalization Efforts
In rare form, a Mississippi electric company is taking the lead in the redevelopment process and producing a win-win situation for both the company and for the city of Jackson.
Clarion Ledger
New Urbanist Planning Essential To Gulf Rebuilding
Ricky Mathews, Publisher of the Biloxi Sun Herald and Vice-Chairman of the Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal after Hurricane Katrina, argues that Andres Duany and other New Urbanists have been critical to the early success of rebuilding efforts in Mississippi, providing citizens not only with the hope of recovery, but with master planning that has inspired confidence in a bigger and better Gulf Coast community, all while respecting local traditions.
Mississippi Town Prepares For 'New Urbanism'
A small suburban community along the Gulf Coast is learning to embrace New Urbanism and create its first ever town center.
The Clarion-Ledger
Pre-Fab New Urbanism For 40% Less?
The manufactured homes are tailored to an appropriate historic or neighborhood look, and will likely play a big part in rebuilding on the Coast.
Sun Herald
Mississippi's Governer Learns A New Word: 'Charrette'
The prominence of the Congress for the New Urbanism in the Katrina rebuilding effort seems to be making some professionals -- such as architect Eric Owen Moss to author Mike Davis -- nervous.
The Los Angeles Times
Future Of Rebuilding Gulf Coast May Include Wal-Mart
Once the enemy of urban planners for small towns, Wal-Mart has turned into a formidable presence for the rebuilding efforts along the Gulf Coast.
Mid-South News
Free New Urbanism 'Pattern Book' For Gulf Coast Redevelopment
Mississippi governor urges rebuilding in hurricane-hit areas to adopt traditional features. Opponents criticize "dominance of New Urbanism" and focus on "historicist designs" in official efforts.
Wal-Mart And New Urbanism?
Wal-Mart considers a decidely new urbanist approach to rebuilding two downtown stores destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
USA Today
Back To The Future: Reimagining Coastal Mississippi
Though the practicality of the Congress for the New Urbanism's Mississippi charettes have been called into question, Providence Journal editor David Broussat wonders what all the fuss is about.
The Providence Journal
Can Traditional Development Be Progressive?
Chicago Tribune Architecture critic Blair Kamin thinks so as he compares the rebuilding of coastal Mississippi with Daniel Burnham's Beaux-Arts Civic Improvements.
The Chicago Tribune
A National Stage for Duany and New Urbanism
An editorial weighs in on the impact New Urbanism pioneer Andres Duany will have in the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast, and his dubious legacy in West Palm Beach.
Palm Beach Post
Mississippi's Governor Calls On Planners
NPR features an interview with Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour on the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast.
National Public Radio
Rebuilding A 'New Urbanist' Coastal Mississippi
Community design costs, big-box retailers, mobile homes, and casinos are just a few of the many challenges that await the new urbanists who were selected to lead the rebuilding of the Missippi gulf coast.
USA Today
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