Louisiana
Hurricane Devastation Was Predicted Years Ago
Interviews with authors who warned about New Orleans' vulnerability to hurricanes years ago.
On the Loss of New Orleans' Architecture
While the French Quarter may have survived, much of the built heritage of New Orleans may be lost.
New Orleans' Tragic Relationship With Water
Water has sustained New Orleans and perpetually threatened it. City officials estimated that 80% of the town is under standing water.
Learning Planning Lessons From Hurricane Katrina
Politicians and planners must correct policies that made New Orleans vulnerable.
New Orleans' Historic Struggle Against Rising Waters
An excerpt from John McPhee's book, "The Control of Nature", shows why New Orleans has always been vulnerable to flooding.
Weak Building Codes And Hurricane Katrina
New Orlean's weak building codes, lax code enforcement and old, wood-framed buildings could make Hurricane Katrina more devastaing.
Old Wal-Mart In New Orleans Gets New Life As Asian Market
The new Hong Kong Plaza used the old Wal-Mart structure as a blueprint for its development.
City Approves Municipal Fiber Network
Facing stiff opposition from cable and phone companies, voters in Lafayette, Louisiana approve a municipal fiber to the home network.
New Urbanism Attracting Old Conservativism
Smart growth is a rising star for more Republicans as well as Democrats. Finally, something both sides of the house can begin to agree on.
University Of New Orleans Lures Urban Planning Students
The University of New Orleans has increased scholarships to lure new urban planning students from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas.
Gas Station Design Becomes Blueprint For Future
An 1800s-style gas station design will become a blueprint for future gas station designs in Mandeville, Louisiana.
New Orlean's New 'Potty Ordinance'
Are new ordinances the answer to the surge in public urination in 'adult playgrounds' such as Las Vegas and New Orleans?
Saving Lousiana's Coast
Louisiana's $14-billion effort to save the state's coast from erosion is in jeopardy after the White House sets aside an engineering study.
Leaving New Orleans For The Suburbs
Famed gothic writer Anne Rice is selling her New Orleans house and moving the suburbs. New Orleans is 'aghast'.
Even The Dead Need To Be Preserved
Volunteers work to save above ground cemeteries in New Orleans.
E-Government: The Next Big Thing In Tech
Federal government contracting is "the last frontier in the technology sector," and New Orleans may finally emerge as a technology center.
Aggressive Growth Management For New Orleans Suburb
How does St. Tammany radically redefine the way growth occurs to save the parish from its own success?
Recommendations For Land Use Decision Making
Report identifies systemic weaknesses in land use decision making and offers a series of recommendations.
A Revolution In The French Quarter
Critics say that recent efforts to clean up New Orlean's French Quarter threaten to turn it into a Disneyfied caricature.
Could Cattails Impact The Presidency?
Farm runoff into the Everglades has fostered the growth non-native cattails, which destroy native wildlife.
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
