LEADER 04221nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910826983103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35715-8 010 $a9786612357152 010 $a0-520-93008-8 010 $a1-59734-648-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520930087 035 $a(CKB)1000000000003584 035 $a(EBL)227297 035 $a(OCoLC)475933556 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000169242 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11149728 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169242 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10204003 035 $a(PQKB)11173058 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055929 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC227297 035 $a(OCoLC)57436708 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30807 035 $a(DE-B1597)519084 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520930087 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL227297 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058558 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235715 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000003584 100 $a20021220d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHazardous metropolis $eflooding and urban ecology in Los Angeles /$fJared Orsi 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) 311 0 $a0-520-23850-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tPrologue. Water In Los Angeles: A Portrait Of An Urban Ecosystem --$t1. City Of A Thousand Rivers: The Emergence Of An Urban Ecosystem, 1884-1914 --$t2. A Centralized Authority And A Comprehensive Plan: Response To The Floods, 1914-1917 --$t3. A Weir To Do Man's Bidding: The Great San Gabriel Darn Fiasco, 1917-1929 --$t4. A More Effective Scouring Agent: The New Year's Eve Debris Flood And The Collapse Of Local Flood Control, 1930-1934 --$t5 . The Sun Is Shining Over Southern California: The Politics Of Federal Flood Control In Los Angeles, 191 5-1969 --$t6. Necessary But Not Sufficient: Storms, Environmentalism, And New Visions For Flood Control, 1969-2001 --$tEpilogue. The Historical Structure Of Disorder: Urban Ecology In Los Angeles And Beyond --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aAlthough better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a fascinating and little-known chapter in the city's history-the spectacular failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. Despite the city's 114 debris dams, 5 flood control basins, and nearly 500 miles of paved river channels, Southern Californians have discovered that technologically engineered solutions to flooding are just as disaster-prone as natural waterways. Jared Orsi's lively history unravels the strange and often hazardous ways that engineering, politics, and nature have come together in Los Angeles to determine the flow of water. He advances a new paradigm-the urban ecosystem-for understanding the city's complex and unpredictable waterways and other issues that are sure to play a large role in future planning. As he traces the flow of water from sky to sea, Orsi brings together many disparate and intriguing pieces of the story, including local and national politics, the little-known San Gabriel Dam fiasco, the phenomenal growth of Los Angeles, and, finally, the influence of environmentalism. Orsi provocatively widens his vision toward other cities for which Los Angeles may offer a lesson-both of things gone wrong and a glimpse of how they might be improved. 606 $aFlood control$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aFlood control$xGovernment policy$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aUrban ecology (Sociology)$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 615 0$aFlood control 615 0$aFlood control$xGovernment policy 615 0$aUrban ecology (Sociology) 676 $a363.34/936/0979494 700 $aOrsi$b Jared$f1970-$01641914 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826983103321 996 $aHazardous metropolis$94068581 997 $aUNINA