自然的控制
The control of nature
John McPhee · 初版 1989 年
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为什么值得读
- 详述密西西比河流域水利控制的历史
- 展现人类与火山、泥石流等灾害的对抗
- 揭示短期经济利益与长期生态难题的冲突
McPhee 详尽剖析了人类试图控制自然的各种策略与战术。最引人瞩目的是他对两大主角的生动刻画：一面是形式复杂莫测、令人敬畏的自然，另一面则是试图从自然手中夺取控制权的人类——一群执拗、往往充满巧思且始终引人注目的人物。
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……由于我们所有人都能从不作为中获得暂时的经济利益，这种局面还会继续下去。20 年前，John McPhee[1] 在他的《The Control of Nature》一书中对这个问题做过极其精彩的概述。遗憾的是，从长远来看，解决这个问题基本上意味着摧毁整个路易斯安那州南部的经济，并让新奥尔良市陷入一贫如洗的境地。我曾在巴吞鲁日服役过 3……
…situation to continue, because of the temporary economic benefits we all reap from inaction. An incredible overview of the problem was written 20 years ago by John McPhee[1], as part of his book "The Control of Nature". Unfortunately, solving the problem in the long term means essentially undermining the entire economy of South Louisiana, and leaving the City of New Orleans destitute. I served in Baton Rouge for 3…
John McPhee 的《Control of Nature》[0] 相当详尽地介绍了密西西比河流域模型（Mississippi River Basin Model）的应用，并对水利控制的历史提供了很多真知灼见。[0] https://www.amazon.com/Control-Nature-John-McPhee/dp/0374522...
John McPhee's "Control of Nature"[0] covers a fair amount of the Mississippi River Basin Model's use and provides a lot of insight into the history of controlling waterways. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Control-Nature-John-McPhee/dp/0374522...
关于这个话题，也可以去看看 John McPhee 的《Control of Nature》。
Also check out John McPhee's Control of Nature on the topic.
给提到 McPhee 和《The Control of Nature》的点个赞（+1）。神书一本。而且我觉得，密西西比河“想要”大规模改道，这本身就是件极有意思的事情。大概 15 年前，我在老河控制结构（Old River Control Structures）附近闲逛，玩得可开心了，而且……
+1 for a mention of McPhee and The Control of Nature. Awesome book. And it's just a fascinating fact, I think, that the Mississippi "wants" to do a major reroute. I had lots of fun maybe 1.5 decades ago poking around the Old River Control Structures and…
……McPhee 写的关于控制结构的报道，上面的文章里有链接：http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1987/02/23/1987_02_23_039_T... 这篇和 McPhee 的另外两篇文章被收录成了一本书，叫《The Control of Nature》。另外两篇文章篇幅也相当长，分别关于洛杉矶盆地的泥石流，以及通过喷洒海水来阻止威胁到冰岛城镇和港口的火山熔岩流。这是一本极其精彩的……
…McPhee about the control structure, linked to in the article above: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1987/02/23/1987_02_23_039_T... This and 2 other essays by McPhee were collected into a book, "The Control of Nature". The other essays, also quite long, were about debris flows in the LA basin, and about stopping an Icelandic volcanic flow which threatened a town and a port by spraying it with sea water. It's a fantastic…
多谢分享。我读过收录在《The Control of Nature》里的那些文章，非常喜欢，但从没想过去找找这位作者的其他作品。
Thanks for that. I read and very much enjoyed the essays collected in The Control of Nature and never thought to look for more by the same author.