Catastrophe in the making
Subtitle: the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow
By: William R. Freudenburg, Robert B. Gramling, Shirley B. Laska.
Contributors: Gramling, Robert B.; Laska, Shirley Bradway, 1944-
Publisher: Island Press; Shearwater
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781597266826
Subjects: Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Hurricane protection -- Louisiana -- Evaluation; Flood control -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Evaluation; Levees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History; Levees -- Mississippi River; Emergency management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.