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Hazardous metropolis : flooding and urban ecology in Los Angeles / / Jared Orsi
Hazardous metropolis : flooding and urban ecology in Los Angeles / / Jared Orsi
Autore Orsi Jared <1970->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages)
Disciplina 363.34/936/0979494
Soggetto topico Flood control - California - Los Angeles
Flood control - Government policy - California - Los Angeles
Urban ecology (Sociology) - California - Los Angeles
Soggetto non controllato american west
california
city planning
dams
debris dams
disaster prep
earth sciences
ecosystem
engineering
environmental history
environmentalism
flood control basin
flood control
flooding
geography
government policy
infrastructure
la canada valley
los angeles river
los angeles
natural disaster
nature
new years eve debris flood
nonfiction
paved river channels
politics
san gabriel dam
science
southern california
storms
sustainability
technology
urban ecology
urban
us west
water
waterways
weir
ISBN 1-282-35715-8
9786612357152
0-520-93008-8
1-59734-648-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue. Water In Los Angeles: A Portrait Of An Urban Ecosystem -- 1. City Of A Thousand Rivers: The Emergence Of An Urban Ecosystem, 1884-1914 -- 2. A Centralized Authority And A Comprehensive Plan: Response To The Floods, 1914-1917 -- 3. A Weir To Do Man's Bidding: The Great San Gabriel Darn Fiasco, 1917-1929 -- 4. A More Effective Scouring Agent: The New Year's Eve Debris Flood And The Collapse Of Local Flood Control, 1930-1934 -- 5 . The Sun Is Shining Over Southern California: The Politics Of Federal Flood Control In Los Angeles, 191 5-1969 -- 6. Necessary But Not Sufficient: Storms, Environmentalism, And New Visions For Flood Control, 1969-2001 -- Epilogue. The Historical Structure Of Disorder: Urban Ecology In Los Angeles And Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910782964203321
Orsi Jared <1970->  
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Water and Los Angeles : A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 / / William Deverell and Tom Sitton
Water and Los Angeles : A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 / / William Deverell and Tom Sitton
Autore Deverell William <1962->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (viii, 158 pages) : PDF, digital file(s)
Disciplina 333.91/620979409041
Soggetto topico Rivers - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Water-supply - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato 20th century
academic
america
california
colorado river
development
environment
environmentalist
global power
government
la
los angeles river
los angeles
metropolitan
natural history
owens river
river system
scholarly
social studies
southern california
study
suburban
three rivers
united states
urban growth
water
ISBN 0-520-96597-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Rivers of growth -- Harnessing the rivers -- Rivers in nature.
Record Nr. UNISA-996328039003316
Deverell William <1962->  
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
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Water and Los Angeles : A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 / / William Deverell and Tom Sitton
Water and Los Angeles : A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 / / William Deverell and Tom Sitton
Autore Deverell William <1962->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (viii, 158 pages) : PDF, digital file(s)
Disciplina 333.91/620979409041
Soggetto topico Rivers - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Water-supply - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato 20th century
academic
america
california
colorado river
development
environment
environmentalist
global power
government
la
los angeles river
los angeles
metropolitan
natural history
owens river
river system
scholarly
social studies
southern california
study
suburban
three rivers
united states
urban growth
water
ISBN 0-520-96597-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Rivers of growth -- Harnessing the rivers -- Rivers in nature.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910153564003321
Deverell William <1962->  
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Whitewashed adobe [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of Los Angeles and the remaking of its Mexican past / / William Deverell
Whitewashed adobe [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of Los Angeles and the remaking of its Mexican past / / William Deverell
Autore Deverell William Francis
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (353 p.)
Disciplina 979.4/94046872
Soggetto topico Mexican Americans - California - Los Angeles - History
Soggetto non controllato 1920s
academic
americanization
anglo society
bubonic plague
chamber of commerce
city life
cultural history
cultural studies
culture
epidemic
ethnic violence
ethnicity
los angeles river
los angeles
mexican immigrants
mexico
north america
photographs
photography
political
politics
race issues
race
racism
republic of mexico
scholarly
social history
social studies
urban identity
urban life
urban
ISBN 0-520-93253-6
1-59875-005-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations And Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: City Of The Future -- 1. The Unending Mexican War -- 2. History On Parade -- 3. Remembering A River -- 4. The Color Of Brickwork Is Brown -- 5. Ethnic Quarantine -- 6. The Drama Of Los Angeles History -- Conclusion: Whitewashed Adobe -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910780449603321
Deverell William Francis  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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