| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Water in Los Angeles: a portrait of an urban ecosystem -- 1. City of a thousand rivers: the emergence of an urban ecosystem, 1884-1914 -- 2. A centralized authority and a comprehensive plan: response to the floods, 1914-1917 -- 3. A weir to do man's bidding: the great San Gabriel Dam fiasco, 1917-1929 -- 4. A more effective scouring agent: the New Year's Eve debris flood and the collapse of local flood control, 1930-1934 -- 5. The sun is shining over southern California: the politics of federal flood control in Los Angeles, 1935-1969 -- 6. Necessary but not sufficient: storms, environmentalism, and new visions for flood control, 1969-2001 -- The historical structure of disorder: urban ecology in Los Angeles and beyond |
| Summary |
Despite having 114 debris dams, 5 flood control basins & nearly 500 miles of paved river channels, Los Angeles still struggles to cope with the threat of flash flooding. Orsi advances a new paradigm - the urban ecosystem - for understanding the city's complex & unpredictable waterways |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Flood control -- California -- Los Angeles
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Flood control -- Government policy -- California -- Los Angeles
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Urban ecology (Sociology) -- California -- Los Angeles
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Flood Control.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Flood control.
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Flood control -- Government policy.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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California -- Los Angeles.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520930087 |
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0520930088 |
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9780520238503 |
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0520238508 |
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1597346489 |
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9781597346481 |
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