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An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature
- Title
- An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten.
- Author
- Colten, Craig E.
- Publication
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2005.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 05-1115 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xiii, 245 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- 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 Orleand Metropolitan ARea (La.) > Environmental conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-236) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 05-1115
- ISBN
- 0807129771 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004008640
- OCLC
- 55066301
- Author
- Colten, Craig E.
- Title
- An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten.
- Imprint
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-236) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 05-1115