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An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature
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- Creator
- Craig E. Colten
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780807129777, 0807129771
- OCLC
- ocm55066301
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-236) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Human ecology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
- Wetland ecology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
- River engineering -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
- Flood routing -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
- Water levels -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
- New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) -- Social conditions.
- New Orleand Metropolitan Area (La.) -- Environmental conditions.