Ed Blakely

Edward James Blakely
Born(1938-04-21)April 21, 1938
DiedSeptember 6, 2025(2025-09-06) (aged 87)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of California at Berkeley, University of Sydney

Edward James Blakely (April 21, 1938 – September 6, 2025) was an American academic who, for most his career, was a professor of Urban Planning at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1994, he retired as a leading scholar in the field with award-winning books. He is known primarily for having been executive director of Recovery Management for the City of New Orleans.