LEADER 02967nam  2200685 a 450 
001 9910455211303321
005 20200520144314.0
010   $a1-282-48566-0
010   $a9786612485664
010   $a1-60473-345-4
035   $a(CKB)1000000000816894
035   $a(EBL)515578
035   $a(SSID)ssj0000341364
035   $a(PQKBManifestationID)11284319
035   $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341364
035   $a(PQKBWorkID)10390651
035   $a(PQKB)10220637
035   $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000203702
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515578
035   $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13691
035   $a(OCoLC)630514112
035   $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515578
035   $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10340770
035   $a(CaONFJC)MIL248592
035   $a(OCoLC)472611219
035   $a(EXLCZ)991000000000816894
100   $a20081030d2009      ub             0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aur|n|---|||||
181   $ctxt
182   $cc
183   $acr
200 10$aPerilous place, powerful storms$b[electronic resource] $ehurricane protection in coastal Louisiana /$fCraig E. Colten
210   $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2009
215   $a1 online resource (206 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-60473-238-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 169-186) and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- 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.
330   $aThe 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
606   $aHurricane protection$zLouisiana$xEvaluation
606   $aFlood control$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xEvaluation
606   $aLevees$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory
606   $aLevees$zMississippi River
606   $aHurricane Katrina, 2005
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aHurricane protection$xEvaluation.
615  0$aFlood control$xEvaluation.
615  0$aLevees$xHistory.
615  0$aLevees
615  0$aHurricane Katrina, 2005.
676   $a363.34/9220976335
700   $aColten$b Craig E$0505043
801  0$bMiAaPQ
801  1$bMiAaPQ
801  2$bMiAaPQ
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910455211303321
996   $aPerilous place, powerful storms$92219626
997   $aUNINA