Catastrophe in the making : the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow / William R. Freudenburg, Robert Gramling, Shirley Laska, Kai T. Erikson.
2009
HV636 2005.N4 C38 2009 (Mapit)
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Catastrophe in the making : the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow / William R. Freudenburg, Robert Gramling, Shirley Laska, Kai T. Erikson.
ISBN
9781597266826 (alk. paper)
1597266825 (alk. paper)
1597266825 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009.
Language
English
Description
209 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HV636 2005.N4 C38 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.34/9220976090511
Summary
"On a sweltering August day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina blasted New Orleans, leaving behind devastation and chaos. Conventional wisdom tells us it was a tragic case of nature striking humans, but 'Catastrophe in the making' explains that the conventional wisdom is dangerously wrong. Katrina was instead a tragic case of humans striking nature, and paying dearly for it. Worse, we continue to make the same mistakes all across the country, courting costly and lethal disasters" -- inside cover.
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Table of Contents
The first days of Katrina
A mighty storm hits the shore
The setting
Slicing through the swamps
The growth machine comes to New Orleans
A "helpful explosion"
The collapse of engineered systems
The loss of natural defenses
Critical for economic survival?
The axe in the attic
The end of an error?
A mighty storm hits the shore
The setting
Slicing through the swamps
The growth machine comes to New Orleans
A "helpful explosion"
The collapse of engineered systems
The loss of natural defenses
Critical for economic survival?
The axe in the attic
The end of an error?