Louisiana
FEMA's Toxic Trailers?
The Nation magazine investigates whether 100,000 FEMA-purchased trailers are releasing toxic fumes from materials used in their construction, and made worse by low quality standards as the trailers were constructed at breakneck speeds.
Bringing New Orleans' Music Back Home
The largest redevelopment project to date in New Orleans -- a city known worldwide for its music -- is aimed at bringing musicians back to town by giving them a place to live.
The True Building Culture Of New Orleans
In this article from Metropolis Magazine, architect and planner Andrés Duany looks at New Orleans through a new lens to find the city's true character -- and to redefine how the city can restore itself.
New Orleans Unified Plan Leaves Neighborhoods Stranded
The Unified New Orleans Plan was supposed to unite seven separate, and often competing, official Hurricane Katrina rebuilding plans. But it has not been able to sidestep the controversial need to align the physical city to its shrunken population.
FEMA, Public Opinion Could Save Famed New Orleans Church
A historic New Orleans Catholic church lauded for its engineering ingenuity is now at the crossroads of recovery and respect.
For New Orleans, Green Plans, But No Green Buildings
While planners and architects are giddy with the possibilities for sustainable development in New Orleans, the actual needs of the city's residents -- namely housing and jobs -- appear to have been forgotten.
Many Factors Delay Disbursement Of Gulf Recovery Funds
This report from NPR looks at the many factors that are delaying the disbursement of recovery and housing funds to hurricane victims in the Gulf Coast region.
Unified New Orleans Plan Could Top $14 Billion
As the community has roundly approved the Unified New Orleans Plan, coordinators of the recovery planning effort have announced that its costs could rise above $14 billion over the next decade. Exact funding sources have yet to be fully identified.
Friday Funny: FEMA's Job Here Is Done
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state of Louisiana recently a ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce the successful end of their cooperative efforts to restore devastated New Orleans back to its pre-hurricane squalor.
Nagin Tells Senate He Doesn't See Federal Will To Rebuild
New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin testified to a Senate committee recently that a lack of local control over federal funding is severely limiting the Gulf Coast recovery. He says he doesn't see the federal government's will to rebuild New Orleans.
Tackling Both New Orleans' Recovery And Climate Change
Ed Blakely, New Orleans' recently named recovery czar, will have his hands full as a research fellow studying climate change as he manages the city's planning and reconstruction.
New Orleans Tenants Oppose City's Plans To Demolish Public Housing
Plans to demolish New Orleans' largest public housing complexes face strong opposition from residents.
New Orleans Locked In Preservation Battle
Preservationists are working to save the city's historic homes, under threat from Katrina victims who are interested in building modern housing.
Unified New Orleans Plan Gets Green Light
Recovery czar Ed Blakely lays out his five-point plan for the city's comeback as residents endorsed a plan for rebuilding the city's neighborhoods.
New Orleans Diaspora A "Blessing"?
Was pre-Katrina New Orleans unable to support its former population, and thus now -- as a smaller city -- better-positioned economically? Or is it in danger of losing its cultural identity without that population?
Planning Report Interviews Ed Blakely About New Orleans Recovery
Noted L.A.-area scholar Ed Blakely helped Oakland and L.A. rebound from earthquakes; now he's turning to the resurrection of New Orleans. The Planinng Report features an interview.
Ed Blakely's Ideas For New Orleans' Recovery
In his new job as the executive director for recovery management in New Orleans, Ed Blakely brings decades of experience and a few potentially controversial ideas.
Planners Say 9th Ward Could Rise Again
Findings from a recent planning survey contradicts the plan to rebuild the community from scratch.
Katrina Lessons Forgotten?
As rebuilding continues in New Orleans, many homes are being built in the floodplain without raised foundations, leading many to believe that the tough lessons learned during Hurricane Katrina have already been forgotten.
The Fight Over Public Housing In New Orleans
Concerned that promised replacement housing will never materialize, displaced residents and low-income housing advocates are fighting the planned demolition of the city's public housing projects.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
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Jessamine County Fiscal Court
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
