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UNINA9910455211303321 |
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Autore |
Colten Craig E |
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Titolo |
Perilous place, powerful storms [[electronic resource] ] : hurricane protection in coastal Louisiana / / Craig E. Colten |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2009 |
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1-282-48566-0 |
9786612485664 |
1-60473-345-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (206 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hurricane protection - Louisiana - Evaluation |
Flood control - Louisiana - New Orleans - Evaluation |
Levees - Louisiana - New Orleans - History |
Levees - Mississippi River |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-186) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- City at risk -- Season of the storms -- Lake Pontchartrain and vicinity hurricane protection, 1970-1990 -- Protecting the Delta, the West Bank, and the coast -- Developments to the eve of Katrina, 1990-2005 -- Conclusions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 Perilous Place, Powerful Storms , Craig E. Colten 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. Hurricane Betsy in 1965 provided the impetus for Congress to approve unprecedented hurricane protection for the New Orleans area. Army Engineers sw |
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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910707626303321 |
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Titolo |
Burglary, theft, robbery |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : Office for Victims of Crime, , [2016] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations |
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Soggetti |
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Burglary - United States |
Theft - United States |
Robbery - United States |
Offenses against property - United States |
Statistics. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"The National Center for Victims of Crime in partnership with the Office for Victims of Crime." |
Publication date taken from publications home page. |
Data for 2014 unless otherwise indicated. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (page [2]). |
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