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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
New Orleans to Venice Hurricane Protection and Barrier Features
Author: Perilous Place, Powerful Storms
Author: Craig E. ColtenPublisher: 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.
Technical Reports Awareness Circular : TRAC.
Author: Federal Register
Author: The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States
Author: Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1982
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
Book Description
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1980
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1566
Book Description
National Shoreline Study
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New Orleans DistrictPublisher:
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Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Tracings: G330.
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR)
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Regional Inventory Report, South Atlantic-Gulf region, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands;Inventory report, Lower Mississippi region;Texas coast shores, regional inventory report
Author: United States. Army. Office of the Chief of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description