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Craig E. Colten

Author of An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature

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Craig E. Colten is the Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography at Louisiana State University.

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Works by Craig E. Colten

An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature (2005) 77 copies

Transforming New Orleans & Its Environs: Centuries Of Change (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ) (2001) 28 copies

Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana (2009) 11 copies

Southern Waters: The Limits to Abundance (2014) 8 copies

North American Odyssey: Historical Geographies for the Twenty-first Century (2014) 7 copies

The Road to Love Canal: Managing Industrial Waste before EPA (1995) 4 copies

State of Disaster: A Historical Geography of Louisiana’s Land Loss Crisis (2021) 2 copies

Historical assessment of hazardous waste management in Madison and St. Clair counties, Illinois, 1890-1980 1 copy

Industrial wastes in the Calumet area, 1869-1970: An historical geography 1 copy

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The Conversation on Water (2023) — Contributor — 1 copy

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John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize

An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature (2005)

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Works: 9
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ISBNs: 24

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