An unnatural metropolis
Subtitle: wresting New Orleans from nature
By: Craig E. Colten.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Human ecology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area; Urban ecology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area; Wetland ecology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area; River engineering -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area; Flood routing -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area; Water levels -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area; New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) -- Social conditions; New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) -- Environmental conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The city and the environment; title: Water hazards; title: Remaking the environment; title: Inequity and the environment; title: Environment comes to the fore; title: Combating new flood hazards; title: Reintroducing wetland environments; title: Epilogue.