| 书目名称 | Catastrophe in the Making | | 副标题 | The Engineering of K | | 编辑 | William R. Freudenburg,Robert Gramling,Kai T. Erik | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Draws on the most infamous natural disaster in recent American history to explore larger questions about development and environmental change.Several of the authors are from the area and contribute fi | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .Based on the false promise of widespread prosperity, communities across the U.S. have embraced all brands of “economic development” at all costs. In Louisiana, that meant development interests turning wetlands into shipping lanes. By replacing a natural buffer against storm surges with a 75-mile long, obsolete canal that cost hundreds of millions of dollars, they guided the hurricane into the heart of New Orleans and adjacent communities. The authors reveal why, despite their geographic differences, California and Missouri are building—quite literally—toward similar destruction..Too often, the U.S. “growth machine” generates wealth for a few and misery for many. Drawing lessons from the most expensive “natural” disaster in American history, .Catastrophe in the Making. shows why thoughtless development comes at a price we can ill afford.. | | 出版日期 | Book 2012Latest edition | | 关键词 | Flood control; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Hurricane protection; Levees; New Orleans | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-156-6 | | isbn_ebook | 978-1-61091-156-6 | | copyright | William R. Freudenburg, Robert B. Gramling, Shirley B. Laska, and Kai T. Erikson 2012 |
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