Craig Colten, PhD
Craig E. Colten is the Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University and the author of Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana and An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature. Dr. Colten is working on a range of topics including community resilience, adaptation to changing environments in coastal Louisiana, water, and hazards in the American south.
Craig Colten, PhD Projects & Programs:
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Inland from the Coast: A multi-scalar approach to regional climate change responses
Gathering and disseminating local ecological knowledge about landscape functionality Providing high quality, accessible information on current and future environmental conditions to influence community decision-making Evaluating past events to support adaptation...Research, Capacity Building, Visual Communication, Community Planning -
A New Changing Course: From the Last Naturally Active to a New Naturally Active and Sustainable Mississippi Delta
Formalize a new framework to promote safe and sustainable development in coastal Louisiana Reinitiate a functioning delta by reactivating to some extent all major distributaries Redesign a new New Orleans...Research