Title Catastrophe in the making : the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow / William R. Freudenburg, Robert Gramling, Shirley Laska, Kai T. Erikson

Published Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2009 ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents The first days of Katrina -- A mighty storm hits the shore -- The setting -- Slicing through the swamps -- The growth machine comes to New Orleans -- A "helpful explosion" -- The collapse of engineered systems -- The loss of natural defenses -- Critical for economic survival? -- The axe in the attic -- The end of an error? Summary "On a sweltering August day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina blasted New Orleans, leaving behind devastation and chaos. Conventional wisdom tells us it was a tragic case of nature striking humans, but 'Catastrophe in the making' explains that the conventional wisdom is dangerously wrong. Katrina was instead a tragic case of humans striking nature, and paying dearly for it. Worse, we continue to make the same mistakes all across the country, courting costly and lethal disasters"--Inside cover Analysis steden towns landen countries natuurrampen natural disasters milieueconomie environmental economics milieubeheer environmental management milieu environment politicologie political science Environmental Sciences (General) Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-196) and index Notes Print version record Subject Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Hurricane protection -- Louisiana -- Evaluation Flood control -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Evaluation Levees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History Levees -- Mississippi River. Emergency management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Cyclonic Storms Disasters -- prevention & control NATURE -- Natural Disasters. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief. Economic development -- Environmental aspects Emergency management Flood control -- Evaluation Levees Katrina Hurrikan SUBJECT Louisiana Subject Louisiana Louisiana -- New Orleans Mississippi River Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Freudenburg, William R Gramling, Robert, 1943-2014 Laska, Shirley Bradway, 1944- Erikson, Kai, 1931- ISBN 9781610911566 1610911563

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