Perilous place, powerful storms : hurricane protection in coastal Louisiana / / Craig E. Colten

• Autore: Colten Craig E
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 195 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.34/9220976335
• Soggetto topico: Hurricane protection - Louisiana - Evaluation; Flood control - Louisiana - New Orleans - Evaluation; Levees - Louisiana - New Orleans - History; Levees - Mississippi River; Hurricane Katrina, 2005
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-186) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Perilous place, powerful storms
• ISBN: 1-282-48566-0; 9786612485664; 1-60473-345-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815056703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II