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Title The New Orleans hurricane protection system : what went wrong and why : a report / by the American Society of Civil Engineers Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel, Christine F. Andersen [and others] ; ASCE staff, Joan Buhrman [and others]
Published Reston, Va. : ASCE, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 84 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Series Engineering case studies online (text)
Contents New Orleans -- Hurricane Katrina -- Hurricane protection system -- Levees fail -- Consequences -- Direct causes of the catastrophe -- Contributing factors -- What must we do next?
Summary This report focuses on some of the major structural failures that occurred during Hurricane Katrina, especially with regard to New Orleans's levee system
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Building, Stormproof.
Hurricane protection.
stormproof construction.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Public Policy / Regional Planning.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Flood Control.
Building, Stormproof
Hurricane protection
Form Electronic book
Author Andersen, Christine F
American Society of Civil Engineers. Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel.
ISBN 9780784471821
0784471827