Dutch Dialogues

A New Orleans architect has organized a partnership between Dutch and Louisiana engineers, planners, and scientists.

History repeatedly shows the folly of living in a delta: disasters are common there. …

“Living with the water” has recently become an ordering, corollary principle of Dutch policy. Dutch Dialogues participants believe that adapting a Living with the Water principle is necessary in post-Katrina New Orleans; they likewise reject the false choice posited by those who see only a choice between safety or amenity from water in the Louisiana delta.