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
Main Author: Orsi, Jared, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Flood control > Government policy.
Flood control.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > Flood Control.
Écologie urbaine > Californie > Los Angeles.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Politique gouvernementale > Californie > Los Angeles.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Californie > Los Angeles.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > California > Los Angeles.
Flood control > Government policy > California > Los Angeles.
Flood control > California > Los Angeles.
California > Los Angeles.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Water in Los Angeles: a portrait of an urban ecosystem
  • 1. City of a thousand rivers: the emergence of an urban ecosystem, 1884-1914
  • 2. A centralized authority and a comprehensive plan: response to the floods, 1914-1917
  • 3. A weir to do man's bidding: the great San Gabriel Dam fiasco, 1917-1929
  • 4. A more effective scouring agent: the New Year's Eve debris flood and the collapse of local flood control, 1930-1934
  • 5. The sun is shining over southern California: the politics of federal flood control in Los Angeles, 1935-1969
  • 6. Necessary but not sufficient: storms, environmentalism, and new visions for flood control, 1969-2001
  • The historical structure of disorder: urban ecology in Los Angeles and beyond.

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