Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles DistrictPublisher:
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Report on Floods of January and February 1969 in Southern California
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Effects of the January and February 1969 Floods on Ground Water in Central and Southern California
Author: J. L. HughesOpen-file Report
Author: Summary of Floods in the United States During 1969
Author: J. K. ReidReport on Floods, Central Valley of California
Author: United States. Army. Corps of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central Valley (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Reports for California
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Water Resources DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Southern California Coastal Project, California
Author: United States. Bureau of ReclamationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
Author: Reports for California by the Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
Author: Fred KunkelHazardous 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.