New Orleans

August 29, 2025

Lessons From Katrina for Citizen Planners in L.A., Asheville, and Florida

In the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina, Steven Bingler, planner and citizen of New Orleans, as well as the founder of Concordia LLC, shares key takeaways from the post-disaster recovery planning for Hurricane Katrina and how cities like Los Angeles, Asheville, and Florida should incoporate community members and be human centered in their approach to rebuild. TPR excerpts this op-ed published originally by Common Edge.

August 27, 2015

Katrina + 10: It's Engaged Citizens Who Saved New Orleans

Marking the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Steven Bingler and Martin Pedersen comment on citizen mobilization after the disaster in New Orleans.

April 17, 2012

Dutch Ambassador Renée Jones-Bos: 'The Cost Comes Before the Benefit'

Renée Jones-Bos, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States, spoke about water, infrastructure, planning, ports, and cost-benefit analysis as the closing keynote speaker at the 2012 APA National Convention in Los Angeles.

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