Mississippi River tragedies : a century of unnatural disaster /

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"American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Klein, Christine A., 1956- (Autor), Zellmer, Sandra Beth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; London : New York University Press, [2014]
Temas:
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers > History.
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers.
USA > Corps of Engineers
Flood control > Mississippi River > History.
Floods > Mississippi River Valley > History.
Hydraulic engineering > Mississippi River Valley > History.
Floodplain management > Government policy > United States.
Flood damage prevention > Government policy > United States.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Mississippi (Fleuve) > Histoire.
Inondations > Mississippi, Vallée du > Histoire.
Technologie hydraulique > Mississippi, Vallée du > Histoire.
Plaines inondables > Gestion > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Dommages causés par les inondations > Prévention > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > General.
Flood control.
Flood damage prevention > Government policy.
Floodplain management > Government policy.
Floods.
Hydraulic engineering.
Überschwemmungsgefahr
Umweltpolitik
Wasserbau
Überschwemmung
Hochwasserschutz
Mississippi River.
Mississippi River Valley.
United States.
Mississippi-Gebiet
Electronic books.
History.
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