The part where Meselhe says that most engineering efforts don't end up making things better just reiterates my frustration with other big projects being pushed here in Houston, namely the Ike Dike. I've seen first hand what engineering did to the Everglades and the un-doing of all of those things has caused multiple issues and billions of dollars (trillions?) sometimes wasted for little return. I'll be interested to see more of what you share about the delta project in the coming year.
I will definitely share updates! My thought generally is that there is no infrastructure project that will save New Orleans or Houston, or the Gulf Coast generally -- these are places I love, where our current mode of living isn't sustainable, and where we'll need new ways of imagining our relationship with the nonhuman world to persist.
Also, if there's good coverage of similar issues in Houston you come across, please send it my way!
The part where Meselhe says that most engineering efforts don't end up making things better just reiterates my frustration with other big projects being pushed here in Houston, namely the Ike Dike. I've seen first hand what engineering did to the Everglades and the un-doing of all of those things has caused multiple issues and billions of dollars (trillions?) sometimes wasted for little return. I'll be interested to see more of what you share about the delta project in the coming year.
I will definitely share updates! My thought generally is that there is no infrastructure project that will save New Orleans or Houston, or the Gulf Coast generally -- these are places I love, where our current mode of living isn't sustainable, and where we'll need new ways of imagining our relationship with the nonhuman world to persist.
Also, if there's good coverage of similar issues in Houston you come across, please send it my way!