Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta
Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta

Author: Ned Randolph

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2024-02-20

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0520397207

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta uses the story of mud to answer a deceptively simple question: How can a place uniquely vulnerable to sea level rise be one of the nation's most promiscuous producers and consumers of fossil fuels? Organized around New Orleans and South Louisiana as a case study, this book examines how the unruly Mississippi River and its muddy delta shaped the people, culture, and governance of the region. It proposes a framework of "muddy thinking" to gum the wheels of extractive capitalism and pollution that have brought us to the precipice of planetary collapse. Muddy Thinking calls upon our dirty, shared histories to address urgent questions of mutual survival and care in a rapidly changing world.

Perspectives on the Restoration of the Mississippi Delta
Perspectives on the Restoration of the Mississippi Delta

Author: John W. Day

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-05-16

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 9401787336

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Human impacts and emerging mega-trends such as climate change and energy scarcity will impact natural resource management in this century. This is especially true for deltas because of their ecological and economic importance and their sensitivity to climate change. The Mississippi delta is one of the largest in the world and has been strongly impacted by human activities. Currently there is an ambitious plan for restoration of the delta. This book, by a renown group of delta experts, provides an overview of the challenges facing the delta and charts - a way forward to sustainable management.

Coastal Zone Management
Coastal Zone Management

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 936

ISBN-13:

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Mississippi Delta Restoration
Mississippi Delta Restoration

Author: John W. Day

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-23

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 3319656635

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This book is a new and provocative treatment dealing with and defining sustainable pathways for the restoration of the Mississippi Delta. Based on a consideration of natural functioning of the Mississippi delta, factors that led to its severe deterioration, and major global trajectories of the 21st century, the authors investigate possible future pathways for sustainable management of the delta. They consider current conditions as well as future trajectories of climate and energy and resource scarcity. The book concludes that without profound changes of how humans live in and manage the delta, sustainability of the delta will be profoundly compromised.

State of Disaster
State of Disaster

Author: Craig E. Colten

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2021-10-20

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0807176303

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State of Disaster: A Historical Geography of Louisiana’s Land Loss Crisis explores Louisiana’s 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 state’s 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 Louisiana’s experience within broader discussions of climate change and recovery from repeated crises.