Author: Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.
Monthly Checklist of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.
Housing and Planning References
Author: Flood Insurance Study
Author: United States. Federal Insurance AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood forecasting
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Government Reports Announcements
Author: Government Reports Announcements & Index
Author: Mississippi River and Tributaries Flood Control Plan, Big Sunflower River Maintenance Project, Yazoo Basin, Sunflower County, Washington County, Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Yazoo County
Author: Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Rivers by Design
Author: Karen M. O'NeillPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822387867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
The United States has one of the largest and costliest flood control systems in the world, even though only a small proportion of its land lies in floodplains. Rivers by Design traces the emergence of the mammoth U.S. flood management system, which is overseen by the federal government but implemented in conjunction with state governments and local contractors and levee districts. Karen M. O’Neill analyzes the social origins of the flood control program, showing how the system initially developed as a response to the demands of farmers and the business elite in outlying territories. The configuration of the current system continues to reflect decisions made in the nineteenth century and early twentieth. It favors economic development at the expense of environmental concerns. O’Neill focuses on the creation of flood control programs along the lower Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, the first two rivers to receive federal flood control aid. She describes how, in the early to mid-nineteenth century, planters, shippers, and merchants from both regions campaigned for federal assistance with flood control efforts. She explains how the federal government was slowly and reluctantly drawn into water management to the extent that, over time, nearly every river in the United States was reengineered. Her narrative culminates in the passage of the national Flood Control Act of 1936, which empowered the Army Corps of Engineers to build projects for all navigable rivers in conjunction with local authorities, effectively ending nationwide, comprehensive planning for the protection of water resources.
Directory of Family Planning Grantees and Clinics
Author: National Clearinghouse for Family Planning Information (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birth control clinics
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description