Louisiana
Who Is Rebuilding New Orleans?
Thousands from Mexico and Central America are rushing to New Orleans where work is easy to find and no one is checking illegal workers' documentation.
Nagin Reneges On FEMA Trailer Park Site
Just months after approving the FEMA trailer site, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has riled federal officials by halting all construction in the Algiers neighborhood.
New Orleans' Levees Being Rebuilt Don't Meet FEMA Standards
Levees now being rebuilt do not meet the standards set by Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fixing the problem will cost $6 billion more.
Katrina Cottage Aids Search For Permanence
The New Urbanist design is expensive, but the concept -- similar to recovery efforts after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake -- shows great promise.
FEMA Trailer Backlash Continues
In one of the few areas in New Orleans that was not ravaged by Hurricane Katrina flooding, neighborhood residents gathered to protest against the recent placement of a FEMA trailer park.
Is New Orleans Being 'Killed'?
Official neglect, prejudice, cronyism and political inertia are crippling reconstruction efforts in the Gulf states, writes Mike Davis.
Volunteers Take On New Orleans' 'Greatest Enemy'
As the city struggles with garbage collection, an all-volunteer force rises to the challenge.
For FEMA, The Katrina Cottage Is A No Go
The price of building and delivering a FEMA trailer is $75,000. Building a Katrina Cottage costs $60,000. While the safety and aesthetics of the former are questionable, the latter is designed to withstand hurricane force winds. What's the problem?
Hurricane Katrina: What Bush Knew
The Associated Press has released video and transcripts showing that President Bush was briefed well in advance that the levees in New Orleans could be breached.
Humor Helps New Orleans Survive Tragedy
Many in New Orleans use humor to help them deal with the devastation after Hurricane Katrina.
Saving New Orleans
Newt Gingrich and John M. Barry comment on New Orleans' vulnerabilities and why the city should be rebuilt.
New Orleans Master Planner Interviewed
Architectural Record interviews John Beckman, principal with Wallace Roberts & Todd, and prominent planner for the Bring Back New Orleans Commission.
Higher Ground, Healthier, Denser Life In New Orleans?
Could forced relocation to safer ground improve the city's communities, or will its costs disproportionately impact the poor?
Loathing And Dread: A New Orleans Theme Park?
Will the frenzy of New Orleans' 'defiantly idiosyncratic character' be replaced by a few tame, touristy neighborhoods like the 'Disneyfied Vieux Carre'?
The Growing Cultural War In New Orleans
Urban design efforts in New Orleans run 'headlong into the politics of race, class, and power'. Will the new New Orleans be a smaller, wealthier, and less diverse place?
New Urbanism And New Orleans
Austin Williams presents a critique of New Urbanism and its influence on rebuilding efforts in New Orleans.
The Secret Life Of Old New Orleans
In Philadelphia, an exhibition of historic photos of the Big Easy is being viewed in a new light.
Congressman Pushes For 'Louisiana Recovery Corporation Act'
Market forces alone haven't been able to generate needed investments in areas devastated by Katrina, and people have nothing to return to without those investments. A new idea has promise.
Checkout Time For Katrina Victims
While some of the thousands of Katrina evacuees being evicted from their FEMA-funded hotel rooms have found other living arrangements, many others are facing homelessness.
Foreign Aid For New Orleans?
Shortfalls in promised aid from Washington to rebuild New Orleans have led Mayor Ray Nagin to consider asking for help from abroad.
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
