An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten ; with a new preface by the author.
2006
GF504.L8 C65 2006eb
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An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten ; with a new preface by the author.
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Louisiana pbk. ed.
ISBN
9780807147818 (electronic book)
9780807132005
0807132004
9780807132005
0807132004
Publication Details
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xx, 245 pages) : illustrations, maps
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GF504.L8 C65 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
304.2/80976335
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Includes bibliographical references 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.