Government / Politics
FEMA Scuttles Evacuee Housing Plan
New Orleans city officials are outraged over FEMA's about-face that would have provided housing for over 6,000 displaced workers.
States Take On Feds Over Environment
State-led lawsuits and environmental initiatives are changing the face of US environmental regulation.
Competing For New Orleans' Future
Many different planning factions are fighting to have their say in the long process of rebuilding New Orleans.
Endangered Species Act Gets Listed
A bill rapidly moving through the House favors land developers over species.
Highway Capacity: A Public Safety Issue?
In a post-9/11 and post-Katrina world, where mass evacuations mean an exodus in private vehicles, does a lack of appropriate freeway capacity represent a public safety hazard, asks Wendell Cox.
Army Corps of Engineers Requests $40 Billion For Post-Katrina Projects
The money, part of the larger Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief and Economic Recovery Act, would fund a variety of projects, but is drawing a storm of controversy. The amount is 16 times the amount previously needed to protect New Orleans from a Category 5 hurricane.
Six Crucial Questions Facing Coastal Development
According to metereologists we may be heading for a new era of severe Atlantic storms. Coastal communities face six crucial questions.
Returning Transportation Pork To New Orleans?
California politician Nancy Pelosi begins a remarkable trend by offering to give the $70 million earmarked for San Francisco transportation to the Katrina appropriations fund.
Katrina and the Demographics of Destruction and Reconstruction
A nonprofit legal advocacy organization offers a proposal for how New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast region can be rebuilt in a sustainable and socially just way.
Outsourcing City Management
Sandy Springs, GA, is undertaking a bold experiment to outsource city administration to the private sector.
The Plan To Flood New Orleans?
The most striking fact of the New Orleans catastrophe has received less notice than it deserves: The plan for New Orleans in case of a hit from a very powerful hurricane was to lose the city.
The Politics of Gridlock
It is time for a new consensus that is based on the realization that we will never get Americans out of their cars, writes Robert Atkinson.
Who Will Rebuild New Orleans?
Mark Alan Hughes asks who has the power to decide on rebuilding plans for New Orleans: former or returning residents, federal policymakers, local officials, or all taxpayers?
Preparing L.A. For Disaster
According to several sources, Los Angeles is one earthquake away from becoming a new New Orleans -- and they warn that local preparedness is imperative.
Green Belt Strategy Fails In Sydney
An editorial lists all of the ways that the Australian government failed in not implementing the strategy in two Sydney neighborhoods.
Rethinking the Future of the Federal Surface Transportation Program
Beyond fiscal year 2009, the future of the surface transportation program appears murky.
We All Live In New Orleans Now
Unless we make a rapid switch to clean, renewable energy, other cities will face the dangers that submerged New Orleans, says Mike Tidwell.
Disaster Profiteering and Waste After Katrina
After Hurricane Katrina, a "bonanza for lobbyists and private companies" as unprecedented sums in government funds are awarded in no-bid contracts.
'Marshall Plan' Urged For Gulf Coast Region
Republican leaders propose the development of a comprehensive and ambitious 'Marshall Plan' for hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast region.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
