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Hazardous metropolis : flooding and urban ecology in Los Angeles /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 276 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-265) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520930087 0520930088 9780520238503 0520238508 1597346489 9781597346481 |