Catastrophe in the making : the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow /

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"On a sweltering August day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina blasted New Orleans, leaving behind devastation and chaos. Conventional wisdom tells us it was a tragic case of nature striking humans, but 'Catastrophe in the making' explains that the conventional wisdom is dangerously wrong. Ka...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Freudenburg, William R., Gramling, Robert, 1943-2014, Laska, Shirley Bradway, 1944-, Erikson, Kai, 1931-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2009.
Temas:
2005
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricane protection > Louisiana > Evaluation.
Flood control > Louisiana > New Orleans > Evaluation.
Levees > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Levees > Mississippi River.
Emergency management > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Cyclonic Storms
Disasters > prevention & control
Ouragan Katrina, 2005.
Protection contre les ouragans > Louisiane > Évaluation.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Évaluation.
Levées > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Economic development > Environmental aspects
Emergency management
Flood control > Evaluation
Levees
Katrina > Hurrikan
Louisiana
Louisiana > New Orleans
Mississippi River
steden
towns
landen
countries
natuurrampen
natural disasters
milieueconomie
environmental economics
milieubeheer
environmental management
milieu
environment
politicologie
political science
Environmental Sciences (General)
Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The first days of Katrina
  • A mighty storm hits the shore
  • The setting
  • Slicing through the swamps
  • The growth machine comes to New Orleans
  • A "helpful explosion"
  • The collapse of engineered systems
  • The loss of natural defenses
  • Critical for economic survival?
  • The axe in the attic
  • The end of an error?

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