An unnatural metropolis [electronic resource] : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten ; with a new preface by the author.
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TextPublication details: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006.Edition: Louisiana pbk. edDescription: xx, 245 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): - 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 Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) -- Environmental conditions
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- GF504.L8 C65 2006eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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