Main Title |
Catastrophe in the making : the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Island Press/Shearwater Books, |
Year Published |
2009 |
OCLC Number |
373474584 |
ISBN |
9781597266826; 1597266825; 9781610911634; 1610911636 |
Subjects |
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 ;
Disasters--prevention & control ;
Cyclonic Storms ;
Katrina--Hurrikan ;
Flood control--Evaluation ;
Katrina
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
HV636 2005.N4 C38 2009 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
08/23/2010 |
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Collation |
209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
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? "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. |