| Description |
1 online resource (x, 195 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- City at risk -- Season of the storms -- Lake Pontchartrain and vicinity hurricane protection, 1970-1990 -- Protecting the Delta, the West Bank, and the coast -- Developments to the eve of Katrina, 1990-2005 -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
The hurricane protection systems that failed New Orleans when Katrina roared on shore in 2005 were the product of four decades of engineering hubris, excruciating delays, and social conflict. In Perilous Place, Powerful Storms, Craig E. Colten traces the protracted process of erecting massive structures designed to fend off tropical storms and examines how human actions and inactions left the system incomplete on the eve of its greatest challenge. Hurricane Betsy in 1965 provided the impetus for Congress to approve unprecedented hurricane protection for the New Orleans area |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-186) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Flood control -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Evaluation.
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Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
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Hurricane protection -- Louisiana -- Evaluation.
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Levees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
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Levees -- Mississippi River.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008047085 |
| ISBN |
128248592X |
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1604732385 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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1604733454 (electronic bk.) |
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9781282485921 |
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9781604732382 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9781604733457 (electronic bk.) |
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