Author: Karen M. O. Neill

The United States has one of the largest and costliest flood control systems in the world, even though only a small proportion of its land lies in floodplains. Rivers by Design traces the emergence o …

Katrina’s Imprint highlights the power of this sentinel American event and its continuing reverberations in contemporary politics, culture, and public policy. Published on the fifth anniversary of Hu …

Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages shines a bright light …