Catastrophe in the making :: the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow /: William R. Freudenburg, Robert Gramling, Shirley Laska, Kai T. Erikson.

Freudenburg, William R.; Gramling, Robert,; Laska, Shirley Bradway,; Erikson, Kai,

Catastrophe in the making : the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow / William R. Freudenburg, Robert Gramling, Shirley Laska, Kai T. Erikson.

Freudenburg, William R.; Gramling, Robert, 1943-; Laska, Shirley Bradway, 1944-; Erikson, Kai, 1931-

2009

HV636 2005.N4 C38 2009 (Mapit)

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Title 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)

Imprint 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.

Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author Freudenburg, William R.
Gramling, Robert, 1943-
Laska, Shirley Bradway, 1944-
Erikson, Kai, 1931-

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