Perilous place, powerful storms : hurricane protection in coastal Louisiana / Craig E. Colten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colten, Craig E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hurricane protection--Louisiana--Evaluation.

Hurricane protection.

Flood control--Louisiana--New Orleans--Evaluation.

Flood control.

Levees--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

Levees.

Levees--Mississippi River.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 195 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The hurricane protection systems that failed New Orleans when Katrina roared on shore in 2005 were the product of four decades of engineering hubris, excruciating delays, and social conflict. In Perilous Place, Powerful Storms , Craig E. Colten traces the protracted process of erecting massive structures designed to fend off tropical storms and examines how human actions and inactions left the system incomplete on the eve of its greatest challenge. Hurricane Betsy in 1965 provided the impetus for Congress to approve unprecedented hurricane protection for the New Orleans area. Army Engineers sw

Contents:

Introduction

City at risk

Season of the storms

Lake Pontchartrain and vicinity hurricane protection, 1970-1990

Protecting the Delta, the West Bank, and the coast

Developments to the eve of Katrina, 1990-2005

Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-186) and index.

ISBN:

9786612485664

9781282485662

1282485660

9781604733457

1604733454

OCLC:

630514112