Infrastructure

Safeguarding against future natural disasters is the most important thing New Orleans can do to bring the businesses back.

October 27, 2005 - The Times-Picayune

'A Crack in the Edge of the World' by Simon Winchester, has a few nuggets of interest, but is 'filled with enough geological minutiae to fell James Michener.'

October 26, 2005 - The Christian Science Monitor

Will cable and satellite TV make the massive Cesar Pelli-designed HDTV tower proposed for Chicago's Gold Coast a white elephant? Lynn Becker critiques the Beitler Tower proposal.

October 25, 2005 - Repeat

Investigators find a series of flaws at every level in the 'conception, design, construction and maintenance' of New Orleans' levee system.

October 23, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times

An editorial sifts through the differences between Integrated Waste Management and Zero Waste.

October 23, 2005 - GreenBiz

A study's conclusion that coastal erosion contributes more sand to beaches could be used by environmentalists to fight oceanfront development and seawalls.

October 17, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times

Italy selects a firm to build the $5.3 billion contract to build the world's longest suspension bridge, link Sicily to the mainland.

October 16, 2005 - BBC News

A new book, Deep Water, sheds light on the drama of dams.

October 14, 2005 - Grist Magazine

The collapse of the New Orleans' levee system is just one example of how the nation's urban infrastructure is deteriorating. Where are the visionaries that built America's greatest cities?

October 13, 2005 - The New York Times

To work with the tree roots that can quickly crack concrete sidewalks, Seattle follows the lead of other cities that are testing rubber sidewalks made from recycled tires.

October 7, 2005 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Can the United States expect a future filled with disasters on the order of Katrinas and Ritas? 'Are we prepared to lose a major city every year?'

October 6, 2005 - Chicago Sun-Times

Excellent transportation, telecommunications and utilities helped Vancouver, British Columbia take the top spot in The Economist's ranking of the world's most livable cities; not a single U.S. city makes the top 10.

October 5, 2005 - The Globe and Mail

After monsoon rains exposed the inadequacies of Mumbai's civic agencies, India's leading newspaper investigates what measures are in place to avoid a repeat of Mumbia's July 27th floods.

September 30, 2005 - Rediff

Fort Worth City planner Fernando Costa has been tapped to lead an APA-formed team of five planners in advising New Orleans' city staff as they regroup after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

September 29, 2005 - Star-Telegram

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.

September 28, 2005 - National Review

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.

September 27, 2005 - The Washington Post

Experts predict an 80% chance of a major earthquake (seven or higher on the Richter scale) in Los Angeles that would kill up to 18,000 people. California looks better-prepared that Louisiana, but is it?

September 27, 2005 - The Economist

According to metereologists we may be heading for a new era of severe Atlantic storms. Coastal communities face six crucial questions.

September 26, 2005 - The New York Times

Princeville, NC, is a rural town ravaged by floods throughout the 20th century. Their experiences with natural disasters provides a perspective of what can happen next in New Orleans and other towns near the Gulf.

September 26, 2005 - Greensboro News and Record

September 21, 2005 - Thomas J. Campanella