Louisiana's Coastal Crisis: Characterizing Household and Community-Level Impacts and Responses
Abstract
Rich in natural resources and critical ecosystems, the Mississippi delta also is the site of numerous human communities, from sparsely populated towns to dense urban neighborhoods. People who live and work within the delta face major challenges as they confront land loss, subsidence, and storms. This presentation outlines key household and community-level impacts of these environmental changes and both individual and collective responses to them. Based on two decades of applied ethnographic research in the region, as well as the author's participation as an advisor to federal, state, and local organizations, the presentation considers historical and contemporary processes and practices, social organization, and cultural dynamics to analyze proposed policies for addressing the impacts.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017AGUFM.U32A..06A
- Keywords:
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- 9350 North America;
- GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION;
- 1641 Sea level change;
- GLOBAL CHANGE;
- 1890 Wetlands;
- HYDROLOGY;
- 4321 Climate impact;
- NATURAL HAZARDS