An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten ; with a new preface by the author.

Main entry:

Colten, Craig E.

Title & Author:

An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature / Craig E. Colten ; with a new preface by the author.

Edition:

Louisiana pbk. ed.

Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006.

Description:

xx, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-236) and index.
Introduction: The city and the environment -- Water hazards -- Remaking the environment -- Inequity and the environment -- Environment comes to the fore -- Combating new flood hazards -- Reintroducing wetland environments -- Epilogue.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780807132005 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0807132004 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Human ecology Louisiana New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
Urban ecology (Sociology) Louisiana New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
Wetland ecology Louisiana New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
River engineering Louisiana New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
Flood routing Louisiana New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
Water levels Louisiana New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
Ecology.
Flood routing.
Human ecology.
River engineering.
Social conditions
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Water levels.
Wetland ecology.
Stadtökologie
Hochwasserschutz
New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) Social conditions.
New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) Environmental conditions.
Louisiana New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
New Orleans, La.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252257
Call No.: BIB 181943
Status: Available

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