Date of Award
Summer 8-2014
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.U.R.P.
Degree Program
Urban and Regional Planning
Department
Planning and Urban Studies
Major Professor
Dr. David Gladstone, PhD
Second Advisor
Dr. Shirley Laska, PhD
Third Advisor
Dr. Marla Nelson, PhD
Abstract
Sustainable development is achieved through the equal promotion of environmental protection, economic development and social equity. Urban planners play a key role in sustainable development through the mediation of tensions inherent between these priorities. Using urban planning theory that focuses on the conflicts between the priorities of sustainable development and lessons learned from planning practice provides a basis from which to evaluate the claims of sustainability present in the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan. Outreach initiatives, policy frameworks and ecosystem co-management are suggested to make the planning and implementation processes of the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan more feasible in terms of its ability to foster sustainability. Additionally, conceptualizing integrated stormwater management for Greater New Orleans within the context of the Louisiana coastal crisis can help to make the goals of the Urban Water Plan more realistic in the long term and boost institutional capacity to promote regional resilience.
Recommended Citation
Burchett, Olivia R., "Sustainable Development through Green Infrastructure: A Critical Evaluation of the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan" (2014). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1897.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1897
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