Research Catalog

Title

An unnatural metropolis [electronic resource] : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten ; with a new preface by the author.

Author

Colten, Craig E.

Publication

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xx, 245 p.) : ill., maps.

Uniform Title

Unnatural metropolis (Online)

Alternative Title

Unnatural metropolis (Online)

Subject

• 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

Bibliography (note)

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

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

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.

LCCN

2007271112

OCLC

ssj0000571401

Author

Colten, Craig E.

Title

An unnatural metropolis [electronic resource] : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten ; with a new preface by the author.

Imprint

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006.

Edition

Louisiana pbk. ed.

Bibliography

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

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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