Planning January 2018
Planning January 2018
Special Issue on New Orleans
Planning starts 2018 with a close look at New Orleans, host city of APA's National Planning Conference in April. Find out how the Crescent City, which celebrates its tricentennial this year, has taken up resilience-based planning in a big way, for water systems, transportation, economic development, and more.
Featured Articles
300 Years and Counting
New Orleans plans for a new — more resilient — century. Martin C. Pedersen reports.
More Than a Streetcar Named Desire
A new strategic mobility plan means getting around the Big Easy could get a lot easier. Story by Jeffrey Goodman.
Gentrification in the Ninth Ward
Missy Wilkinson takes us through a city of neighborhoods — and the forces that determine who gets to live in them.
Let the Good Times Roll Once Again
As New Orleans diversifies its industries, Craig Guillot surveys the economy's growing trends — and challenges.
News & Departments
Ever Green
Timothy Beatley highlights a new green urbanism project that puts community engagement first.
Viewpoint
Theory plus practice equals a balanced planning education.
Cover: The Rebirth Brass Band performs at the 48th Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans in 2017. Photo by Bryan Tarnowski/The New York Times.