Louisiana
Many Factors Delay Disbursement Of Gulf Recovery Funds
This report from NPR looks at the many factors that are delaying the disbursement of recovery and housing funds to hurricane victims in the Gulf Coast region.
Unified New Orleans Plan Could Top $14 Billion
As the community has roundly approved the Unified New Orleans Plan, coordinators of the recovery planning effort have announced that its costs could rise above $14 billion over the next decade. Exact funding sources have yet to be fully identified.
Friday Funny: FEMA's Job Here Is Done
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state of Louisiana recently a ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce the successful end of their cooperative efforts to restore devastated New Orleans back to its pre-hurricane squalor.
Nagin Tells Senate He Doesn't See Federal Will To Rebuild
New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin testified to a Senate committee recently that a lack of local control over federal funding is severely limiting the Gulf Coast recovery. He says he doesn't see the federal government's will to rebuild New Orleans.
Tackling Both New Orleans' Recovery And Climate Change
Ed Blakely, New Orleans' recently named recovery czar, will have his hands full as a research fellow studying climate change as he manages the city's planning and reconstruction.
New Orleans Tenants Oppose City's Plans To Demolish Public Housing
Plans to demolish New Orleans' largest public housing complexes face strong opposition from residents.
New Orleans Locked In Preservation Battle
Preservationists are working to save the city's historic homes, under threat from Katrina victims who are interested in building modern housing.
Unified New Orleans Plan Gets Green Light
Recovery czar Ed Blakely lays out his five-point plan for the city's comeback as residents endorsed a plan for rebuilding the city's neighborhoods.
New Orleans Diaspora A "Blessing"?
Was pre-Katrina New Orleans unable to support its former population, and thus now -- as a smaller city -- better-positioned economically? Or is it in danger of losing its cultural identity without that population?
Planning Report Interviews Ed Blakely About New Orleans Recovery
Noted L.A.-area scholar Ed Blakely helped Oakland and L.A. rebound from earthquakes; now he's turning to the resurrection of New Orleans. The Planinng Report features an interview.
Ed Blakely's Ideas For New Orleans' Recovery
In his new job as the executive director for recovery management in New Orleans, Ed Blakely brings decades of experience and a few potentially controversial ideas.
Planners Say 9th Ward Could Rise Again
Findings from a recent planning survey contradicts the plan to rebuild the community from scratch.
Katrina Lessons Forgotten?
As rebuilding continues in New Orleans, many homes are being built in the floodplain without raised foundations, leading many to believe that the tough lessons learned during Hurricane Katrina have already been forgotten.
The Fight Over Public Housing In New Orleans
Concerned that promised replacement housing will never materialize, displaced residents and low-income housing advocates are fighting the planned demolition of the city's public housing projects.
The Agony Of New Orleans
With federal aid money wasted or tied up in the bureaucracy, and post-Katrina recovery promises left unkept, New Orleans remains an "open wound" and many of its residents are suffering from homelessness and a lack of basic services.
The 'Prince of New Urbanism' In New Orleans
Art critic Doug MacCash discusses everything NOLA with renowned architect and urban planner, Andres Duany.
New Orleans Planning Update: The Unified New Orleans Plan
Disaster recovery expert Robert B. Olshansky reports on the latest planning effort in New Orleans.
Blakely Chosen To Head New Orleans Recovery
New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin has appointed as the city's new recovery czar Edward J. Blakely, the man who played an instrumental role in recovery planning after the 1989 San Francisco Bay Area earthquake and the 1991 Oakland fires.
Tourism Recovers Slowly In New Orleans
Travel writer Matt Gross reports on the state of tourism in New Orleans.
HUD's Public Housing Plan For New Orleans Challenged
The demolition of New Orleans public housing, which many argue are superior to the New Urbanist style mixed-income communities that are slated to replace them, is being challenged by residents who believe they are being pushed out of the city.
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 Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
