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020 $a9781597266826 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a1597266825 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 04 $aHV636 2005.N4$bC38 2009
060 00 $a2010 I-330
060 10 $aWA 295
082 00 $a363.34/9220976090511$222
245 00 $aCatastrophe in the making :$bthe engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow /$cWilliam R. Freudenburg ... [et al.].
260 $aWashington, DC :$bIsland Press/Shearwater Books,$cc2009.
300 $a209 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe first days of Katrina -- A mighty storm hits the shore -- The setting -- Slicing through the swamps -- The growth machine comes to New Orleans -- A "helpful explosion" -- The collapse of engineered systems -- The loss of natural defenses -- Critical for economic survival? -- The axe in the attic -- The end of an error?
520 $a"On a sweltering August day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina blasted New Orleans, leaving behind devastation and chaos. Conventional wisdom tells us it was a tragic case of nature striking humans, but 'Catastrophe in the making' explains that the conventional wisdom is dangerously wrong. Katrina was instead a tragic case of humans striking nature, and paying dearly for it. Worse, we continue to make the same mistakes all across the country, courting costly and lethal disasters"--Inside cover.
650 0 $aHurricane Katrina, 2005.
650 0 $aHurricane protection$zLouisiana$xEvaluation.
650 0 $aFlood control$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xEvaluation.
650 0 $aLevees$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory.
650 0 $aLevees$zMississippi River.
650 0 $aEmergency management$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans.
650 0 $aEconomic development$xEnvironmental aspects$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans.
650 12 $aCyclonic Storms$zLouisiana.
650 12 $aDisasters$xprevention & control$zLouisiana.
700 1 $aFreudenburg, William R.
700 1 $aGramling, Robert,$d1943-
700 1 $aLaska, Shirley Bradway,$d1944-
700 1 $aErikson, Kai,$d1931-
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