Infrastructure
The Two Sides Of Waste Management
An editorial sifts through the differences between Integrated Waste Management and Zero Waste.
Seawalls May Be Harming Beaches
A study's conclusion that coastal erosion contributes more sand to beaches could be used by environmentalists to fight oceanfront development and seawalls.
World's Longest Suspension Bridge
Italy selects a firm to build the $5.3 billion contract to build the world's longest suspension bridge, link Sicily to the mainland.
Book Review: Deep Water
A new book, Deep Water, sheds light on the drama of dams.
America's Crumbling Urban Infrastructure
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?
Burning Rubber -- Under Your Feet
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.
The Future Of Mega-Catastrophes In The U.S.
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?'
Vancouver, BC: The World's Most Livable City?
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.
Investigating Mumbai's Disaster Plan
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.
Fort Worth Planner Tapped To Lead New Orleans Planning Advisory Team
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.
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.
Is California Ready For The Big One?
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?
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.
Recovering From Flooding: A Lesson From History
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.
Lessons From Katrina: What A Major Disaster Can Teach Transportation Planners
This paper examines failures in Hurricane Katrina disaster response and their lessons for transportation policy and planning in other communities.
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.
Are Environmentalists To Blame For Katrina's Devastation?
A Senate committee requests information from the Justice Department about legal challenges to New Orleans levee projects by environmental groups. Do Republicans plan to blame environmentalists for the extent of destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina?
How Houston Survived Hurricane Katrina
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Houston, TX, became the "shock absorber of the nation."
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 Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
