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Designing the bayous : the control of water in the Atchafalaya Basin, 1800-1995 /
:This history of the Atchafalaya Basin is an account of the transformation of an area that has endured perhaps more human manipulation than any other natural environment in the nation.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
2004.
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| Edición: | 1st Texas A & M University Press ed. |
| Colección: | Gulf Coast studies ;
no. 4. |
| Temas: |
Water resources development
> Government policy
> Louisiana
> Atchafalaya River Watershed
> History.
Ressources en eau
> Exploitation
> Aspect social
> Louisiane
> Atchafalaya, Bassin de l'
> Histoire.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Assuming Responsibility
- Early Flood Control Efforts, Louisiana Style
- Interregnum: Growing Federal Involvement
- The Outlet Question
- Apres Le Deluge: The Jadwin Plan
- Defining Responsibility
- The Politics of Engineering
- Louisiana and Mississippi: The Battle Over Floodways
- The Burdens of Responsibility
- The Old River Problem
- Let the Public Be Heard: Reconciling Multiple Objectives
- Environmental Activists and the Corps of Engineers
- Defending the Turf
- Denouement?
- A Sense of Place, A Sense of Balance.