Louisiana
5,000 Public Housing Units To Be Razed In New Orleans
Despite criticism from low-income tenants, federal housing officials report that some 5,000 public housing units in Katrina-torn New Orleans will be razed and replaced with mixed-income housing.
New Orleans 64% Smaller
A new report from the Census Bureau documents Hurricane Katrina's effect on demographics throughout the Gulf Coast region.
New Orleans 'Death Traps' Sinking Faster Than Expected
Ground subsidence near levees is reported to be much more drastic than previously thought, according to a University of Miami study.
Army Corps Accepts 'Blame' For Katrina Levee Failures
In a 6,000-page report, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accepted responsibility for design defects in the levee system that failed during Hurricane Katrina and led to the catastrophic flooding of New Orleans.
National Jazz Center Park Planned For Central New Orleans
Strategic Hotels & Resorts has proposed a plan to build a 20-acre national jazz center and park in the center of New Orleans, to be designed by Pritzker Prize winner, Thom Mayne.
Frustrated New Orleans Public Housing Residents Plan Return To Destroyed Development
Displaced residents tell the City Council that they will return to their 7th Ward housing complex this weekend and will tear down any fences in their way, refusing to wait any longer for official action on permission to return.
America's Most Surreal Housing Market
What does it take to sell real estate in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina?
Study Finds New Orleans' Repaired Levees May Fail Again
An independent study finds that 3.1 billion in repairs made to New Orleans' levee system won't protect the city from another Katrina-like hurricane.
Redefining The New Urbanism In The Context Of Katrina
Author Matt Dellinger examines the work of the New Urbanists in Mississippi and Louisiana, and whether or not New Urbanism has reached the tipping point in terms of wider acceptance.
Disaster And Environmental Justice: Lessons For Post-Katrina America
A new report from the Russell Sage Foundation discusses the "dark window" that Hurricane Katrina opened -- that of environmental racism in America -- and concludes that an "eco-social" approach is needed to protect poor and minority communities.
A Sustainable New Orleans Is Possible
Good planning can rebuild a sustainable New Orleans but politics is moving in the other direction observes Neal Peirce.
Katrina Debris Dumping Opposed By Nearby Community, Environmentalists
With millions of tons of smashed homes and other debris to dispose of, Louisiana State officials are turning to a new landfill site -- across a canal from the largest urban wildlife refuge in the country.
Displacement And Discrimination: The Politics Of Re-Housing New Orleans' Poor
Despite a Senate report that recommended FEMA be dismantled and replaced, the troubled agency is still "holding the purse strings" on recovery in New Orleans, and tens of thousands of residents may be cut off from rental assistance monies next month.
Struggling To Protect Remnants Of New Orleans' Architectural Heritage
Despite an official "embargo" of the practice, there are reports of people removing "truckloads of architectural elements" from New Orleans every day. Preservationists fear that what isn't stolen will end up in landfills.
New Orleans To Receive Millions In Government Aid -- From Qatar
Several prominent institutions in New Orleans are to benefit from the generosity of Qatar and other Persian Gulf States.
Bringing New Urbanism To New Orleans
To fund a week-long charrette with over 40 architects, planners, and engineers, New Urbanism founder Andres Duany chipped in $150,000 of his own money. As a result, one neighborhood is much further along in the planning process than its counterparts.
Eight Months Later, Little Progress In New Orleans
Eight months after hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still struggling with devastated infrastructure, overburdened and understaffed hospitals, and a denuded public housing stock.
Lack Of Political Will Points To 'Drenched Future' In New Orleans
Neal Peirce writes that there is a way to rebuild New Orleans in a responsible, sustainable way: make low-lying areas parkland, and build denser neighborhoods on higher ground. But there appears to be no political will to make it happen.
New Urbanists Focus On Gentilly, Louisiana
Andres Duany leads a rebuilding team that considers the town a microcosm of New Orleans.
Big Plans, Little Action In New Orleans
From cheap cottages to a new Trump Tower, urban designers have all sorts of ideas for rebuilding New Orleans -- so why is it taking so long?
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