We’ve all seen how high water devastated New Orleans. But another historic Jewel, Venice, Italy, is struggling to plan for sea level rise, in a city that already routinely floods because of questionable urban planning. On this edition, Producer Zoe Sullivan takes us to both Venice and New Orleans, to look at some creative solutions they’re trying, and what other coastal cities might do as the effects of climate change set in.
Featuring:
Tim Kerner, Mayor of Jean Lafitte, LA; Dr. Denise Reed, University of New Orleans Geology professor; Greg Miller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal restoration Branch chief, John Barry, ‘Rising Tide” author; Scott Eustis, Gulf Restoration Network Coastal Wetland Specialist; Giovanni Cecconi, Consorzio Venezia Nuova Chief Engineer; Pino Sartori, Associazione La Salsola Vice president; Jane Da Mosto, Venice in Peril research fellow; Emily Clark, Tulane University History professor; David Waggoner, Architect, Alberto Vitucci, La Nuova journalist; Gabriele Zennaro, store owner in Venice, Liz & Jody Sigler, New Orleans residents, Carlo Magnani, Venice Institute of Urban Architecture architect, Cristiano Gasparetto, Venice resident; Earl Long, Former Louisiana Governor
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For More Information:
Venice and Its Lagoon-UNESCO
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/394
Venice in Peril
http://www.veniceinperil.org/
Louisiana’s 2012 Coastal master Plan
http://www.coastalmasterplan.louisiana.gov/
Gulf Restoration Network
www.healthygulf.org
Consorzio Venezia Nuova
http://www.consorziovenezianuova.it/
Dutch Dialogues
http://dutchdialogues.com/
USGS National Wetlands Research Center-Land Changes for Coastal Louisiana
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/special/landloss.htm
Venice Institute of Urban Architecture
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue
http://galholiday.com/fr_home.cfm
Articles, Reports:
Saving Venice From the Sea by John Keahey
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/saving-venice.html
Interview with John M. Barry, author of ‘Rising Tide’
http://www.pbs.org/greatprojects/interviews/barry.pdf