Catastrophe in the making : the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow / William R. Freudenburg ... [et al.].
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TextPublication details: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2009.Description: 209 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 1597266825 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781597266826 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Emergency management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Flood control -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Evaluation
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane protection -- Louisiana -- Evaluation
- Levees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History
- Levees -- Mississippi River
- HV636 2005 .N4 C37 2009
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 363.3492209763 FRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 900106487 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index.
Prologue: The First Days of Katrina -- Ch. 1. A Mighty Storm Hits the Shore -- Ch. 2. The Setting -- Ch. 3. Slicing Through the Swamps -- Ch. 4. The Growth Machine Comes to New Orleans -- Ch. 5. A "Helpful Explosion" -- Ch. 6. The Collapse of Engineered Systems -- Ch. 7. The Loss of Natural Defenses -- Ch. 8. Critical for Economic Survival? -- Ch. 9. The Axe in the Attic -- Ch. 10. The End of an Error?
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