Louisiana
New Orleans' Troubled Renaissance
While some artists return, the city faces the loss of its 'everyday' creative genius.
Swampland Bearing The Brunt Of Katrina's Waste
Environmentalists worry about the long and short-term effects of using the swamps as a landfill for waste from Hurricane Katrina.
'Back Door' Flooding Of New Orleans: An Unnatural Disaster
A science columnist reflects on a city made possible and made vulnerable by reliance on technology.
Why America Needs a 'New Orleans Citizens Bill of Rights'
Unless African-Americans can mobilize a real movement -- including the implementation of a "New Orleans Citizens Bill of Rights" -- the Black residents of that city may become the victim of corporate "ethnic cleansing."
Mike Davis On Katrina: Disaster As A Tool For Gentrification
Will Hurricane Katrina prove to be "the biggest, most brutal urban-renewal project Black America has ever seen?"
How To Protect New Orleans
Safeguarding against future natural disasters is the most important thing New Orleans can do to bring the businesses back.
Class, Color, May Influence New Orleans' Recovery
How New Orleans recovers from Hurricane Katrina will depend on who is returning back to the city.
Massive System Failures In Levees Found
Investigators find a series of flaws at every level in the 'conception, design, construction and maintenance' of New Orleans' levee system.
APA's Executive Director On Rebuilding New Orleans
APA Executive Director Paul Farmer testifies at a joint congressional hearing about plans for rebuilding New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Is It Safe To Return To New Orleans?
Amid all the talk of rebuilding the city, the very real threat of toxic air is getting little attention.
Preserving The Real New Orleans
Rebuilding efforts in New Orleans should embrace "a complex reading of urban history" and not the "sentimental and historicist vision" of New Urbanism argues Nicolai Ouroussoff.
Rebuild New Orleans With Visitors In Mind
Tourism is the city's top employer with 81,000 jobs and $5 billion in yearly revenue.
How To Avoid A Cultural Disaster In Rebuilding New Orleans
Richard Moe, President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, weighs in on the reconstruction of New Orleans.
Trailer Towns -- A Housing Mistake?
As shelters close, trailer towns open for storm evacuees. FEMA opens the first of many such villages for those displaced by Katrina.
Gulf States Brace For Real Estate Storm
Prices are rising predictably, but what does that bode for poor renters and the character of communities?
The Fight Over New Orleans' Architectural Past
With the cultural history of New Orleans at stake, scores of planners, conservationists, lobbyists and insurance adjustors are locked in a battle to decide the fate of the reconstruction of New Orleans.
As Waters Recede, Tourists Trickle Back
New Orleans' $13.5 billion tourism industry is restarting as the city lays plans to kick-start it.
Gulf Rebuilding Plans: Mix and Match
Political parties see the Gulf as a lab for their policy ideas. There's room for many of them, but not all, writes the CSM on their editorial pages.
The Largest Community Planning Effort Ever Undertaken
A team of 100 architects and planners from 50 design firms, and led by Andres Duany, are converting on South Mississippi for the Mississippi Renewal Forum.
Commercializing The National Parks
The chairman of the House Resources Committee wants to sell off national resources
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
