State of Disaster: A Historical Geography of Louisiana's Land Loss Crisis - Hardcover

Craig E. Colten (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807175706 ISBN 13: 9780807175705

Publisher: LSU Press, 2021

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Craig E. Colten is the Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University. He is the author of An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature; Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana; and Southern Waters: The Limits to Abundance.

Edition details

• Publisher: LSU Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807175706
• ISBN 13: 9780807175705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216