Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow (2012)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 224 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781610911566
- Publisher:
- Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, Washington, DC
- Date of Addition:
- 02/05/21
- Copyrighted By:
- William R. Freudenburg, Robert Gramling, Shirley Laska, Kai T. Erikson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Business and Finance, Technology, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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