An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten.
2005
GF504.L8 C65 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten.
Author
Colten, Craig E.
ISBN
0807129771 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2005.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 245 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GF504.L8 C65 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
304.2/8/0976335
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-236) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The city and the environment
Water hazards
Remaking the environment
Inequity and the environment
Environment comes to the fore
Combating new flood hazards
Reintroducing wetland environments
Epilogue.
Water hazards
Remaking the environment
Inequity and the environment
Environment comes to the fore
Combating new flood hazards
Reintroducing wetland environments
Epilogue.