LEADER 02941oam 2200685 a 450 001 9910778414503321 005 20240130174218.0 010 $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(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(MiAaPQ)EBC515578 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000816894 100 $a20081030h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPerilous place, powerful storms $ehurricane protection in coastal Louisiana /$fCraig E. Colten 210 1$aJackson :$cUniversity Press of Mississippi,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (x, 195 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $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 $aHurricane Katrina, 2005 615 0$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 $a9910778414503321 996 $aPerilous place, powerful storms$93760431 997 $aUNINA