Description |
209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-196) and index. |
Contents |
The first days of Katrina -- A mighty storm hits the shore -- The setting -- Slicing through the swamps -- The growth machine comes to New Orleans -- A "helpful explosion" -- The collapse of engineered systems -- The loss of natural defenses -- Critical for economic survival? -- The axe in the attic -- The end of an error? |
Summary |
"On a sweltering August day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina blasted New Orleans, leaving behind devastation and chaos. Conventional wisdom tells us it was a tragic case of nature striking humans, but 'Catastrophe in the making' explains that the conventional wisdom is dangerously wrong. Katrina was instead a tragic case of humans striking nature, and paying dearly for it. Worse, we continue to make the same mistakes all across the country, courting costly and lethal disasters" -- inside cover. |
Subject |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
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Hurricane Katrina (2005) |
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Hurricane protection -- Louisiana -- Evaluation.
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Hurricane protection. |
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Louisiana. |
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Evaluation. |
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Flood control -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Evaluation.
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Flood control. |
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Louisiana -- New Orleans. |
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Levees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
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Levees. |
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History. |
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Levees -- Mississippi River.
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Mississippi River. |
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Emergency management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Emergency management. |
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects. |
Added Author |
Freudenburg, William R.
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Gramling, Robert, 1943-2014.
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Laska, Shirley Bradway, 1944-
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Erikson, Kai, 1931-
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ISBN |
9781597266826 cloth alkaline paper |
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1597266825 cloth alkaline paper |
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