An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature

Author(s)

• Colten, Craig E.

Bibliographic Information

An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature

Craig E. Colten

Louisiana State University Press, c2005

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-236) and index

Contents of Works

• 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

Details

• NCID: BA76911370
• ISBN:
  • 0807129771
• LCCN: 2004008640
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baton Rouge
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 245 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GF504.L8
  • DC22 : 304.2/8/0976335
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Human ecology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area
  • LCSH : Urban ecology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area
  • LCSH : Wetland ecology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area
  • LCSH : River engineering -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area
  • LCSH : Flood routing -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area
  • LCSH : Water levels -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area
  • LCSH : New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) -- Environmental conditions