New Orleans' Levees: Past, Present and Future
How did the levee system around New Orleans come to be? And can it be improved to prevent the city from becoming flooded in a future storm? We look at the history -- and future -- of the levees around New Orleans.
Guest:
Craig Colten, author of An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature; professor of geography at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge
Philip Davis, NPR correspondent
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