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Perilous place, powerful storms hurricane protection in coastal Louisiana

Title: Perilous place, powerful storms [electronic resource] : hurricane protection in coastal Louisiana / Craig E. Colten.
Author: Colten, Craig E.
Publication: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.

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Description

1 online resource (x, 195 p.) : ill., maps (some col.)

Uniform Title

Perilous place, powerful storms (Online)

Alternative Title

Perilous place, powerful storms (Online)

Subject

Hurricane protection > Louisiana > Evaluation
Flood control > Louisiana > New Orleans > Evaluation
Levees > Louisiana > New Orleans > History
Levees > Mississippi River
Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-186) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction -- City at risk -- Season of the storms -- Lake Pontchartrain and vicinity hurricane protection, 1970-1990 -- Protecting the Delta, the West Bank, and the coast -- Developments to the eve of Katrina, 1990-2005 -- Conclusions.

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