Colten, Craig E.

Perilous place, powerful storms hurricane protection in coastal Louisiana / [electronic resource] : Craig E. Colten. - Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009. - x, 195 p. : ill., maps (some col.).

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

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.


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2013.
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Hurricane protection--Evaluation.--Louisiana
Flood control--Evaluation.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Levees--History.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Levees--Mississippi River.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.


Electronic books.

TC425.M63 / L73 2009eb

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