Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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A Bill to Authorize the Project for Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction, Morganza, Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River and Tributaries
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
A bill to authorize the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, Morganza, Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River and tributaries
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE PROJECT FOR HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION, MORGANZA, LOUISIANA TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, MISSISSIPPI..., REPORT.
Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, LA
Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
A Bill to Authorize the Project for Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction, Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category : Hurricane damage
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Publisher:
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Category : Hurricane damage
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America
Author: United States. Congress. Senate
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Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1310
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Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1310
Book Description
Perilous Place, Powerful Storms
Author: Craig E. Colten
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604733454
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
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 swiftly outlined a monumental barrier network that would not only safeguard the city at the time but also provide for substantial growth. Scheduled for completion in 1978, the project encountered a host of frustrating delays. From newly imposed environmental requirements to complex construction challenges, to funding battles, to disputes over proper structures, the buffer envisioned for southeast Louisiana remained incomplete forty years later as Hurricane Katrina bore down on the city. As Colten reveals, the very remedies intended to shield the city ultimately contributed immensely to the residents' vulnerability by encouraging sprawl into flood-prone territory that was already sinking within the ring of levees. Perilous Place, Powerful Storms illuminates the political, social, and engineering lessons of those who built a hurricane protection system that failed and serves as a warning for those guiding the recovery of post-Katrina New Orleans and Louisiana.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604733454
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
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 swiftly outlined a monumental barrier network that would not only safeguard the city at the time but also provide for substantial growth. Scheduled for completion in 1978, the project encountered a host of frustrating delays. From newly imposed environmental requirements to complex construction challenges, to funding battles, to disputes over proper structures, the buffer envisioned for southeast Louisiana remained incomplete forty years later as Hurricane Katrina bore down on the city. As Colten reveals, the very remedies intended to shield the city ultimately contributed immensely to the residents' vulnerability by encouraging sprawl into flood-prone territory that was already sinking within the ring of levees. Perilous Place, Powerful Storms illuminates the political, social, and engineering lessons of those who built a hurricane protection system that failed and serves as a warning for those guiding the recovery of post-Katrina New Orleans and Louisiana.
Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, LA
Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description