Giving Land Back to the Flooding Mississippi River ⇥

Ben Jervey, reporting for GOOD:

In times like these, I can’t help but think that we might have lots to learn from the Dutch, who have probably know the most about how to live with water. Four years ago, Dutch authorities came up with a water management plan called “Room for the River.” Reversing generations of water control convention, the Dutch decided that rather than battle rivers with expensive dikes and levees and canals, they’d give rivers more room to flow freely.