Hazardous metropolis : flooding and urban ecology in Los Angeles /

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Despite having 114 debris dams, 5 flood control basins & nearly 500 miles of paved river channels, Los Angeles still struggles to cope with the threat of flash flooding. Orsi advances a new paradigm - the urban ecosystem - for understanding the city's complex & unpredictable waterways.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Orsi, Jared, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
Subjects:
Flood control > California > Los Angeles.
Flood control > Government policy > California > Los Angeles.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > California > Los Angeles.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Californie > Los Angeles.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Politique gouvernementale > Californie > Los Angeles.
Écologie urbaine > Californie > Los Angeles.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > Flood Control.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Flood control
Flood control > Government policy
Urban ecology (Sociology)
California > Los Angeles
american west.
california.
city planning.
dams.
debris dams.
disaster prep.
earth sciences.
ecosystem.
engineering.
environmental history.
environmentalism.
flood control basin.
flood control.
flooding.
geography.
government policy.
infrastructure.
la canada valley.
los angeles river.
los angeles.
natural disaster.
nature.
new years eve debris flood.
nonfiction.
paved river channels.
politics.
san gabriel dam.
science.
southern california.
storms.
sustainability.
technology.
urban ecology.
urban.
us west.
water.
waterways.
weir.
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