i recently read 'waterland' by graham smith and it had some fun descriptions of land reclamation. biggest point i got from it was that land reclamation is an ongoing process- the waters want to bring their swamp back.
i'm caught between being a proponent of any land development project, and being annoyed that we're trying to take land back from the water instead of from parking lots. i totally get the utility of land reclamation, especially with climate change, and how ports are a wonderful thing to have! (water transport is so efficient and we need more of it. curse the jones act!)
BUT if you want more land. look at all the easier... (read more)
i recently read 'waterland' by graham smith and it had some fun descriptions of land reclamation. biggest point i got from it was that land reclamation is an ongoing process- the waters want to bring their swamp back.
i'm caught between being a proponent of any land development project, and being annoyed that we're trying to take land back from the water instead of from parking lots. i totally get the utility of land reclamation, especially with climate change, and how ports are a wonderful thing to have! (water transport is so efficient and we need more of it. curse the jones act!)
BUT if you want more land. look at all the easier... (read more)