Main Title |
Hazardous metropolis : flooding and urban ecology in Los Angeles / |
Author |
Orsi, Jared,
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Publisher |
University of California Press, |
Year Published |
2004 |
OCLC Number |
51297217 |
ISBN |
0520238508 (alk. paper); 9780520238503 (alk. paper) |
Subjects |
Flood control--California--Los Angeles ;
Flood control--Government policy--California--Los Angeles ;
Urban ecology (Sociology)--California--Los Angeles ;
Overstromingen ;
Waterhuishouding ;
Stedelijke ontwikkeling ;
Los Angeles ;
Urban ecology--California--Los Angeles
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
TC424.C2O77 2004 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
12/10/2012 |
ERAM |
TC424.C2O77 2004 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
03/11/2005 |
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Collation |
xiii, 276 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-265) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Water in Los Angeles: a portrait of an urban ecosystem -- 1. City of a thousand rivers: the emergence of an urban ecosystem, 1884-1914 -- 2. A centralized authority and a comprehensive plan: response to the floods, 1914-1917 -- 3. A weir to do man's bidding: the great San Gabriel Dam fiasco, 1917-1929 -- 4. A more effective scouring agent: the New Year's Eve debris flood and the collapse of local flood control, 1930-1934 -- 5. The sun is shining over southern California: the politics of federal flood control in Los Angeles, 1935-1969 -- 6. Necessary but not sufficient: storms, environmentalism, and new visions for flood control, 1969-2001 -- The historical structure of disorder: urban ecology in Los Angeles and beyond. |
Place Published |
Berkeley |
PUB Date Free Form |
c2004 |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2002155797 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20121206165728 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02818cam 2200541 a 45020 |