An Unnatural Metropolis
Subtitle: Wresting New Orleans From Nature
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780807129777
Subjects: Regional geography; The Environment; Urban & municipal planning; United States - State & Local - South; New Orleans Metropolitan Area; History: American; Wetland ecology; History; History - U.S.; United States - State & Local - General; Louisiana; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; Historical Geography; Urban ecology; United States - 19th Century; United States - 20th Century; Human ecology
First sentence: STROLLING THROUGH THE Vieux Carre, the historic French Quarter, or ambling beneath the live oaks in Audubon Park, one gets the impression that New Orleans is a city without relief.