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Colten, Craig E.

An unnatural metropolis wresting New Orleans from nature / [electronic resource] : Craig E. Colten ; with a new preface by the author. - Louisiana pbk. ed. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006. - xx, 245 p. : ill., maps.

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.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
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.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.)--Social conditions.
New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.)--Environmental conditions.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GF504.L8 / C65 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 304.2/80976335