Residents of the Lower 9th Ward are urging relocation of a planned grain terminal, fearing negative impacts on their ...

Qualifying for the election, in which voters will also elect a new mayor and seven council seats, among other city offices, ...

Adrinda Kelly watched from New York as Hurricane Katrina swallowed her hometown of New Orleans in 2005. Floodwaters rose, ...

In February, communities around the country learned that funding was canceled for a nationwide tree-planting program aimed at ...

In 2006, a year after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, Pitt launched ‘Make It Right’ with the intention of rebuilding the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. With the promise of building 150 ...

Pitt's foundation had committed to constructing environmentally friendly homes in the Lower Ninth Ward, a neighbourhood severely impacted by Hurricane Katrina. However, the residents claim that the ...

There are several lessons in post-disaster recovery planning that can be derived from our experience in New Orleans—lessons ...