A river and its city : the nature of landscape in New Orleans /

This engaging environmental history explores the rise, fall, and rebirth of one of the nation's most important urban public landscapes, and more significantly, the role public spaces play in shaping people's relationships with the natural world. Ari Kelman focuses on the battles fought ove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelman, Ari, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Urban ecology (Sociology) > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Human ecology > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Écologie urbaine > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Écologie humaine > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Human ecology.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Delta's.
Havensteden.
Sociale ecologie.
Mississippi River > History.
Mississippi (Fleuve) > Histoire.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
Mississippi River.
New Orleans (La.)
Mississippi (rivier)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This engaging environmental history explores the rise, fall, and rebirth of one of the nation's most important urban public landscapes, and more significantly, the role public spaces play in shaping people's relationships with the natural world. Ari Kelman focuses on the battles fought over New Orleans's waterfront, examining the link between a river and its city and tracking the conflict between public and private control of the river.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index.
ISBN:9780520936515
0520936515
0585467870
9780585467870
0520234324
9780520234321
1597348740
9781597348744

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