Links
Explore these resources and tools, grouped according to major WLI themes, values, and cross-cutting concepts.
Water, Landscapes, and Infrastructure
Readings, short films, and websites for exploring key WLI content areas, from pumping and subsidence to the impact of climate change on coastal environments.
Living with Water to Stop Flooding in New Orleans
Ripple Effect Water Literacy Resources
Water Collaborative Guide to Organizations and Resources
NOLA Ready’s Ready for Rain and Green Infrastructure Resources
Map of Waterways, Culverts, and Pump Stations
SWBNO Guide to Green Infrastructure
Geologic Conditions Beneath the New Orleans Area
A Year After New Orleans’ Foundation, Its First Flood--and First Levees
NOLA vs Nature: The Other Biggest Flood In New Orleans History
Plans and Planning Resources
Plans that illustrate official policies and priorities in regards to water management, resilience, and climate adaptation, as well as resources to support more effective planning in New Orleans and southeast Louisiana.
Community-Based Planning, Leadership, Equity, and Co-Creation
Resources for exploring the role of communities and technical in defining resilience addressing climate change, and the ways in which power and leadership can be redistributed for more equitable and effective planning outcomes.
A Ladder of Citizen Participation
Climate Change as Social Drama
Cities are planning for climate change all wrong
Definitions of Community Resilience
The politics of resilient cities: whose resilience and whose city?
The Environmental Movement Needs to Reckon with Its Racist History
Resources for Organizing and Action
Resources that support community leaders in bringing together their communities to build shared narratives and act, and in fighting for their seats at the planning table.