Author: J. W. ReaganPublisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Tentative Report to the Board of Supervisors of the Los Angeles Flood County Control District Outlining the Work Already Done and Future Needs of Flood Control and Conservation with Tentative Estimates, Maps, Plans and Flood Pictures
Author: J. W. ReaganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Protection and Development of Lower Colorado River Basin
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and ReclamationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
Tentative Report to the Board of Supervisors of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Author: J. W. ReaganPublisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The report, written by J.W. Reagan, Chief Engineer of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, was presented to the Board of Supervisors of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, February 7, 1924. The report covers the work previously done to prevent flooding in southern California; precipitation data; past floods in southern California; plans for conservation of water; the Los Angeles water supply; and future plans for flood control. The report chiefly deals with floods caused by the Los Angeles River and the San Gabriel River. Also included with the report is a list of cost estimates for the proposed flood control work and twenty pullout maps.
Water Resources Reports and Papers in the J. B. Lippincott Collection
Author: Gerald J. GieferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The Colorado River Compact
Author: Reuel Leslie OlsonPublisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Hazardous Metropolis
Author: Jared OrsiPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520930088
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Although better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a fascinating and little-known chapter in the city's history—the spectacular failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. Despite the city's 114 debris dams, 5 flood control basins, and nearly 500 miles of paved river channels, Southern Californians have discovered that technologically engineered solutions to flooding are just as disaster-prone as natural waterways. Jared Orsi's lively history unravels the strange and often hazardous ways that engineering, politics, and nature have come together in Los Angeles to determine the flow of water. He advances a new paradigm—the urban ecosystem—for understanding the city's complex and unpredictable waterways and other issues that are sure to play a large role in future planning. As he traces the flow of water from sky to sea, Orsi brings together many disparate and intriguing pieces of the story, including local and national politics, the little-known San Gabriel Dam fiasco, the phenomenal growth of Los Angeles, and, finally, the influence of environmentalism. Orsi provocatively widens his vision toward other cities for which Los Angeles may offer a lesson—both of things gone wrong and a glimpse of how they might be improved.
Archives Series Report
Author: The Los Angeles River
Author: Blake GumprechtPublisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
In the artificial landscape that is contemporary Los Angeles, Gumprecht observes, perhaps nothing symbolizes the role of human beings in changing the face of the earth more than the exploitation and transformation of the Los Angeles River. Modified beyond recognition, its flow tapped before it even reached the surface, the river was used, abused, and forgotten. In recent years, however, there has been a growing interest in revitalizing its course - part of an expanding worldwide movement to revive urban rivers. The new attention that is being paid to the river highlights the need for a more complete telling of its history. The Los Angeles River offers the first comprehensive account of a river that helped give birth to one of the world's great cities, significantly shaped its development, and promises to play a key role in its future.
Monthly Report of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Month of ...
Author: Los Angeles County Flood Control District (Calif.)Publisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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