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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Freudenburg, William R., Gramling, Robert, 1943-2014, Laska, Shirley Bradway, 1944-, Erikson, Kai, 1931-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2009.
Sujets:
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
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