Louisiana
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?
Papers In Eye Of Katrina Win Pulitzers
The New Orleans Times-Picayune and Biloxi Sun Herald win prizes for public service in their coverage of the hurricane aftermath.
Plan Allows Entire Big Easy To Be Rebuilt
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers release a new flood plain advisory for New Orleans' flooded areas.
Environmentalists Criticize Landfilling Of NOLA Debris
While some effort has been made to re-direct hurricane debris from the landfill, environmentalists charge that there are no plans to recycle New Orleans' building materials, leaving a "massive environmental liability for the future."
FEMA: Raise Flooded New Orleans Homes By 3 Feet
To qualify for flood insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says flooded homes in New Orleans should be raised 1 to 3 feet off the ground.
Katrina Rebuilding Rules Released
After a long wait, the Bush administration releases guidelines for new construction after the disaster.
Residents Reluctant To Move Back To New Orleans
Some former New Orleans residents have moved permanently to other cities. Others are unsure if they want to return to their devastated 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
