New Orleans
Balancing America’s (Sediment) Budget
Places Journal
The promethean geo-engineering of our river systems has resulted in the catastrophic erosion of American coasts. What can be done?
Backwater: Landscapes of the Mississippi Delta
Places Journal
Resuscitating the Mississippi Delta with river diversions and sediment siphons would be the world’s largest coastal restoration project. But it could happen.
Infrastructural Optimism
Places Journal
Learning from New Orleans, or why we really need a new New Deal.