State Of Disaster: A Historical Geography Of Louisiana?ÇÖS Land Loss Crisis
LSU Press
ISBN13:
9780807175705
$45.97
State of Disaster: A Historical Geography of Louisianas Land Loss Crisis explores Louisianas protracted efforts to restore and protect its coastal marshes, nearly always with minimal regard for the people displaced by those efforts. As Craig E. Colten shows, the states coastal restoration plan seeks to protect cities and industry but sacrifices the coastal dwellers who have maintained their presence in this perilous place for centuries. This historical geography examines in turn the adaptive capacity of those living through repeated waves of calamity; the numerous disjointed environmental management regimes that contributed to the current crisis; the cartographic visualizations of land loss used to activate public coastal policy; and the phases of public input that nevertheless failed to give voice to the citizens most impacted by various environmental management strategies. In closing, Colten situates Louisianas experience within broader discussions of climate change and recovery from repeated crises.
- | Author: Craig E. Colten
- | Publisher: LSU Press
- | Publication Date: October 20, 2021
- | Number of Pages: 210 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 0807175706
- | ISBN-13: 9780807175705
- Author:
- Craig E. Colten
- Publisher:
- LSU Press
- Publication Date:
- October 20, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 210 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 0807175706
- ISBN-13:
- 9780807175705