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Perilous place, powerful storms : hurricane protection in coastal Louisiana /
The hurricane protection systems that failed New Orleans when Katrina roared on shore in 2005 were the product of four decades of engineering hubris, excruciating delays, and social conflict. In this book, the author traces the protracted process of erecting massive structures designed to fend off t...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2009.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | The hurricane protection systems that failed New Orleans when Katrina roared on shore in 2005 were the product of four decades of engineering hubris, excruciating delays, and social conflict. In this book, the author traces the protracted process of erecting massive structures designed to fend off tropical storms and examines how human actions and inactions left the system incomplete on the eve of its greatest challenge. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (x, 195 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-186) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781604733457 1604733454 1604732385 9781604732382 128248592X 9781282485921 |