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Deltaic Dilemmas: Ecologies of Infrastructure in New Orleans
Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholm Resilience Centre.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-8170-1364
2015 (engelsk)Doktoravhandling, med artikler (Annet vitenskapelig)
Abstract [en]

This thesis explores the relationship between water infrastructure, ecological change, and the politics of planning in New Orleans and the Mississippi River Delta, USA. Complex assemblages of water control infrastructure have been embedded in the delta over the last several centuries in an effort to keep its cities protected from floodwaters and maintain its waterways as standardized conduits for maritime transportation. This thesis investigates the historical development of these infrastructural interventions in the delta’s dynamics, and shows how the region’s eco-hydrology is ensnared in the politics and materiality of pipes, pumps, canals, locks, and levees. These historical entanglements complicate contemporary efforts to enact large-scale ecosystem restoration, even while the delta’s landscape is rapidly eroding into the sea. This historical approach is extended into the present through an examination of how waterway standards established at so-called chokepoints in the global maritime transportation system (the Panama Canal, for example) become embedded and contested in coastal landscapes and port cities worldwide. Turning towards urban ecology, the thesis examines socioecological responses to the flooding following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, with a special focus on how infrastructure failures, flooding intensity, and land abandonment are driving changing vegetation patterns in New Orleans over the past decade. The thesis contributes new conceptual language for grappling with the systemic relations bound up in water infrastructure, and develops one of the first studies describing urban ecosystem responses to prolonged flooding and post-disaster land management. This provides insights into the impending planning challenges facing New Orleans and coastal cities globally, where rising sea levels are bringing about renewed attention to how infrastructure is implicated in patterns of ecological change, hazard exposure, resilience, and social inequality.

sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
Stockholm: Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University , 2015. , s. 43
Emneord [en]
Infrastructure, New Orleans, resilience, historical ecology, urban ecology, disturbance
HSV kategori
Forskningsprogram
naturresurshushållning
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-119390ISBN: 978-91-7649-239-0 (tryckt)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-119390DiVA, id: diva2:845118
Disputas
2015-09-16, William-Olssonsalen, Geovetenskapens hus, Svante Arrhenius väg 14, Stockholm, 10:00 (engelsk)
Opponent
Veileder
Forskningsfinansiär
Swedish Research Council Formas, 211-2011-1519
Merknad

At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 4: Accepted. Paper 5: Manuscript.

Tilgjengelig fra: 2015-08-25 Laget: 2015-08-10 Sist oppdatert: 2022-02-23bibliografisk kontrollert
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1. Crisis on the Delta: Emerging Trajectories for New Orleans
Åpne denne publikasjonen i ny fane eller vindu >>Crisis on the Delta: Emerging Trajectories for New Orleans
2015 (engelsk)Inngår i: Climate Change and the Coast: Building Resilient Communities / [ed] Bruce C. Glavovic, Mick Kelly, Robert Kay, Ailbhe Travers, Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2015, s. 147-166Kapittel i bok, del av antologi (Fagfellevurdert)
sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2015
Emneord
New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, flood protection, coastal erosion
HSV kategori
Forskningsprogram
naturresurshushållning
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-119407 (URN)10.1201/b18053-12 (DOI)9780415464871 (ISBN)9781482288582 (ISBN)
Tilgjengelig fra: 2015-08-11 Laget: 2015-08-11 Sist oppdatert: 2022-11-18bibliografisk kontrollert
2. Socioecological dynamics in response to urban flooding and land abandonment in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina
Åpne denne publikasjonen i ny fane eller vindu >>Socioecological dynamics in response to urban flooding and land abandonment in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina
Vise andre…
(engelsk)Manuskript (preprint) (Annet vitenskapelig)
Emneord
Disturbance, flooding, urban ecosystems, vegetation dynamics, resilience
HSV kategori
Forskningsprogram
naturresurshushållning
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-119408 (URN)
Forskningsfinansiär
Swedish Research Council Formas, 211-2011-1519
Tilgjengelig fra: 2015-08-11 Laget: 2015-08-11 Sist oppdatert: 2022-02-23bibliografisk kontrollert
3. The Disappearing River: Infrastructural Desire in New Orleans
Åpne denne publikasjonen i ny fane eller vindu >>The Disappearing River: Infrastructural Desire in New Orleans
2019 (engelsk)Inngår i: Grounding Urban Natures: Histories and Futures of Urban Ecologies / [ed] Henrik Ernstson; Sverker Sörlin, MIT Press, 2019, s. 57-82Kapittel i bok, del av antologi (Fagfellevurdert)
sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
MIT Press, 2019
Emneord
Infrastructure, drainage, New Orleans, urban ecosystems
HSV kategori
Forskningsprogram
naturresurshushållning
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-119410 (URN)10.7551/mitpress/11600.003.0006 (DOI)9780262039918 (ISBN)9780262537148 (ISBN)9780262353168 (ISBN)
Forskningsfinansiär
Swedish Research Council Formas, 211-2011-1519
Tilgjengelig fra: 2015-08-11 Laget: 2015-08-11 Sist oppdatert: 2022-09-06bibliografisk kontrollert
4. Towards a Political Ecology of Maritime Transportation: Infrastructural Zones, Standardized Environments, and Collective Action
Åpne denne publikasjonen i ny fane eller vindu >>Towards a Political Ecology of Maritime Transportation: Infrastructural Zones, Standardized Environments, and Collective Action
(engelsk)Inngår i: Environment and planning A, ISSN 0308-518X, E-ISSN 1472-3409Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Accepted
Emneord
Infrastrucutre, Panama Canal, political ecology
HSV kategori
Forskningsprogram
naturresurshushållning
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-119411 (URN)
Forskningsfinansiär
Swedish Research Council Formas, 211-2011-1519
Tilgjengelig fra: 2015-08-11 Laget: 2015-08-11 Sist oppdatert: 2022-02-23bibliografisk kontrollert
5. Contesting the Coast: Socioecological Cleavages and Coastal Planning in the Mississippi River Delta
Åpne denne publikasjonen i ny fane eller vindu >>Contesting the Coast: Socioecological Cleavages and Coastal Planning in the Mississippi River Delta
(engelsk)Manuskript (preprint) (Annet vitenskapelig)
Emneord
New Orleans, Mississippi River, cleavages, infrastructure
HSV kategori
Forskningsprogram
naturresurshushållning
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-119412 (URN)
Forskningsfinansiär
Swedish Research Council Formas, 211-2011-1519
Tilgjengelig fra: 2015-08-11 Laget: 2015-08-11 Sist oppdatert: 2022-02-23bibliografisk kontrollert

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