Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng Featured in Newsweek Discussing Strategies To Combat Sea-Level Rise in New Orleans
Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng, professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of the International Center for Adaptation Planning and Design (iAdapt), was recently quoted in an article for Newsweek focused on combatting sea-level rise in New Orleans.
“New Orleans faces very serious long-term risk from sea-level rise, but long-term risk does not require near-term surrender,” said Dr. Peng. “What New Orleans faces is a long-term trajectory that requires honest acknowledgment and proactive preparation: stronger coastal restoration, smarter zoning, and policies that enhance residents’ adaptive capacity over time. New Orleans anchors one of North America’s most strategically important port systems and an irreplaceable cultural heritage — that argues for serious, sustained investment in its future, not premature abandonment.”