Louisiana
'Managed Retreat' For Louisiana's Wetlands
According to a report by the National Academy of Sciences, restoring Louisiana's wetlands is "impossible".
We Need More than Disaster Planning -- We Need Communities
Ensuring that America's technologically-reliant but vulnerable cities can survive natural disasters and other disruptions may mean that Americans have to look beyond their traditional value of "self-reliance" -- and possibly redefine what it means to be a
Four Visions For Reconstructing The Big Easy
A collection of environmental, political, and academic leaders share their unique visions for reconstructing the Big Easy post-Katrina.
In New Orleans’ Mud, A Ward Determined Not To Slip Away
Business and city leaders have targeted New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward for major bulldozing. Residents fiercely oppose the idea.
Why New Orleans Levees Failed
The lessons learned apply to other US cities -- and need to be quickly absorbed in the Big Easy.
Federal City in NOLA proposed
A proposal for local military bases is added to the hurricane recovery package.
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.
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.
Clanton & Associates, Inc.
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
