Mississippi River Tragedies : A Century of Unnatural Disaster /

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"American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Klein, Christine A., 1956-
Autres auteurs: Zellmer, Sandra Beth
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London : New York University Press, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers > History.
USA > Corps of Engineers
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers.
Flood damage prevention > Government policy > United States.
Floodplain management > Government policy > United States.
Hydraulic engineering > Mississippi River Valley > History.
Floods > Mississippi River Valley > History.
Flood control > Mississippi River > History.
Überschwemmungsgefahr
Umweltpolitik
Wasserbau
Überschwemmung
Hochwasserschutz
Hydraulic engineering.
Floods.
Floodplain management > Government policy.
Flood damage prevention > Government policy.
Flood control.
Mississippi-Gebiet
United States.
Mississippi River Valley.
Mississippi River.
Mississippi-Gebiet.
History.
Electronic books.
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