An Unnatural Metropolis : Wresting New Orleans from Nature /

Strategically situated at the gateway to the Mississippi River, yet standing atop a former swamp, New Orleans was from the first what geographer Peirce Lewis called an "impossible but inevitable city." How New Orleans came to be, taking shape between the mutual and often contradictory forc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Colten, Craig E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006.
Edición:Louisiana paperback edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wetland ecology.
Water levels.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Social conditions
River engineering.
Human ecology.
Flood routing.
Ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Niveau des eaux > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Propagation des crues > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Technologie fluviale > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Écologie des zones humides > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Écologie urbaine > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Écologie humaine > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Water levels > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Flood routing > Louisiana > New Orleans.
River engineering > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Wetland ecology > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Human ecology > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Louisiana > New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
Louisiana > New Orleans
New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) > Environmental conditions.
New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:Strategically situated at the gateway to the Mississippi River, yet standing atop a former swamp, New Orleans was from the first what geographer Peirce Lewis called an "impossible but inevitable city." How New Orleans came to be, taking shape between the mutual and often contradictory forces of nature and urban development, is the subject of this book. The author traces engineered modifications to New Orleans's natural environment from 1800 to 2000.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780807147818

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