The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Baton Rouge, LA is experiencing an explosive real estate boom as the the city of 400,000 takes in an estimated 100,000 from the parishes of southern Louisiana. 250 homes are sold in one day.

September 9 - The Wall Street Journal

Jack Schafer argues that Katrina may amount to "creative destruction," and that "[o]nly a sadist would insist on resurrecting this concentration of poverty, crime, and deplorable schools."

September 8 - Slate

While much attention is being focused on rebuilding and repair, focus should also be placed on regaining the culture.

September 8 - Dallas News

Preservationists trying to salvage built heritage damaged by Katrina ask, will these historic sites be the same place anymore?

September 8 - The New York Times

Rebuilding New Orleans will involve a lot more than construction.

September 8 - USA Today

A partnership between Southern California Edison and Stirling Energy Systems will result in the largest solar farm in the United States.

September 8 - Technology Review

After 40 years of no growth, downtown Coral Springs new downtown is starting to take shape.

September 8 - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Sewage, toxic chemicals and decaying corpses will have an immense environmental impact not only on New Orleans, but on the Gulf of Mexico as well.

September 8 - Common Dreams

City slickers go on farm vacations to get respite from modern life.

September 8 - The Boston Globe

With an extended population of 17 million, Mumbai is one of the world's most populous metro areas. An economist offers a solution for reviving the commercial capital of India.

September 8 - Rediff News

Chemicals leaking from cars and factories will cause one of costliest environmental cleanups ever.

September 8 - The Christian Science Monitor

Three recent studies imply that gentrification does not cause displacement. Not so, argues an article in Shelterforce Magazine and outlines what it takes to help people stay when the community improves.

September 7 - Shelterforce Magazine

Reason's Tim Cavanaugh says it is time to remove the pork from the transportation bill to help rebuild New Orleans and other areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

September 7 - Reason Online

Auburn University Design/Build students design an inexpensive alternative for providing temporary housing after a disaster.

September 7 - Auburn University News

Eclectic book publisher Taschen reprints Joan Labeu's 1665 "Atlas Maior", one of history's finest examples of mapmaking. [Includes 6 photos.]

September 7 - Taschen

In order to create a new New Orleans, we need to re-evaluate the role of government in housing the poor, redefine what we mean by homeland security, and learn to love our cities again.

September 7 - Newsday

Officials try to get grip on post-Katrina environmental problems that are likely to begin cropping up.

September 7 - The New York Times

A look back at past disasters and the political turmoil that followed.

September 7 - The New York Times

Scientific American releases its prescient article from 2001, titled "Drowning New Orleans." The article predicts "a major hurricane could swamp New Orleans under 20 feet of water, killing thousands," as a result of land use policies.

September 7 - Scientific American

Community looking to streetcar to ease downtown gridlock, connect tourist attractions and encourage development.

September 7 - The Seattle Times