˜Anœ unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature ; with a new preface by the author

˜Anœ unnatural metropolis wresting New Orleans from nature ; with a new preface by the author

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.

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1. Verfasser: Colten, Craig E. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 2006
Ausgabe:Louisiana paperback ed.
Schlagworte:
Human ecology > Urban ecology > Wetland ecology > River engineering > Flood routing > Water levels > Stadtökologie > Hochwasserschutz > New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) > Social conditions > Environmental conditions > New Orleans, La.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-236) and index
Beschreibung:xiii, 245 p.
ill., maps
24 cm
ISBN:0807132004
0-8071-3200-4
9780807132005
978-0-8071-3200-5