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RECORD NUMBER: 18 OF 596Main Title | An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature / | |||||||||||
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Author | Colten, Craig E. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Louisiana State University Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2005 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 55066301 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0807129771; 9780807129777 | |||||||||||
Subjects |
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 ;
New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La)--Social conditions ;
New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La)--Environmental conditions ;
Hochwasserschutz ;
Stadtèokologie ;
GroÇstadt ;
Schutzvorrichtung ;
New Orleans |
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Collation | xiii, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-236) and index. |
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Contents Notes | 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. "Urban geographers frequently have portrayed cities as the antithesis of nature, but in An Unnatural Metropolis Colten introduces a critical environmental perspective to the history of urban areas. His illustrated work offers an in-depth look at a city and society uniquely shaped by the natural forces it has sought to harness."--BOOK JACKET. |