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Book Synopsis Flood Control in the Mississippi Valley by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
Download or read book Flood Control in the Mississippi Valley written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flood Control in the Mississippi Valley by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
Download or read book Flood Control in the Mississippi Valley written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mississippi River Tragedies by : Christine A. Klein
Download or read book Mississippi River Tragedies written by Christine A. Klein and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read a free excerpt here! American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts, so-called “natural disasters” continue to strike the Mississippi basin, as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. In some places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the underlying soil erodes away. Mississippi River Tragedies reveals that it is seductively deceptive—but horribly misleading—to call such catastrophes “natural.” Authors Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer present a sympathetic account of the human dreams, pride, and foibles that got us to this point, weaving together engaging historical narratives and accessible law stories drawn from actual courtroom dramas. The authors deftly uncover the larger story of how the law reflects and even amplifies our ambivalent attitude toward nature—simultaneously revering wild rivers and places for what they are, while working feverishly to change them into something else. Despite their sobering revelations, the authors’ final message is one of hope. Although the acknowledgement of human responsibility for unnatural disasters can lead to blame, guilt, and liability, it can also prod us to confront the consequences of our actions, leading to a liberating sense of possibility and to the knowledge necessary to avoid future disasters.
Book Synopsis Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi River Valley by : United States. Mississippi River Commission
Download or read book Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi River Valley written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mississippi Floods by : Anuradha Mathur
Download or read book Mississippi Floods written by Anuradha Mathur and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each time the waters of the mighty Mississippi River overflow their banks, questions arise anew about the battle between "man" and "river". How can we prevent floods and the damage they inflict while maintaining navigational potential and protecting the river's ecology?" "The design of the Mississippi and how it should proceed has long been a subject of controversy. What is missing from the discussion, say the authors of this book, is an understanding of the representations of the Mississippi River. Landscape architect Anuradha Mathur and architect/planner Dilip da Cunha draw together an array of perspectives on the river and show how these different images have played a role in the process of designing and containing the river landscape. Analyzing maps, hydrographs, working models, drawings, photographs, government and media reports, painting, and even folklore, Mathur and da Cunha consider what these representations of the river portray, what they leave out, and why that might be. With original silk screen prints and a selection of maps, the book joins historic, scientific, engineering, and natural views of the river to create an entirely new portrait of the great Mississippi."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi Valley by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Download or read book Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi Valley written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi Valley written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Enterprise GIS Geospatial Databases Publisher :USACE, Vicksburg District ISBN 13 :0984857230 Total Pages :260 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (848 download)
Book Synopsis 2015 Flood Control and Navigation Maps of the Lower Mississippi River by : U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Enterprise GIS Geospatial Databases
Download or read book 2015 Flood Control and Navigation Maps of the Lower Mississippi River written by U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Enterprise GIS Geospatial Databases and published by USACE, Vicksburg District. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cairo, Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico Mile 953 A.H.P. to Mile 22 B.H.P.
Book Synopsis Beyond Control by : James F. Barnett, Jr.
Download or read book Beyond Control written by James F. Barnett, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed chronicle of how the wild Mississippi will eventually deliver a cataclysm
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Download or read book Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi River Valley written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mississippi Valley Flood Protection by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
Download or read book Mississippi Valley Flood Protection written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi River Valley by : United States. Mississippi River Commission
Download or read book Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi River Valley written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flood Control: The Mississippi River and its tributaries. Hearings Nov. 7 to 22, Nov. 28 to Dec. 19, 1927, Jan. 5-17, Jan. 18 to 26, Jan. 27-Feb. 1, 1928 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
Download or read book Flood Control: The Mississippi River and its tributaries. Hearings Nov. 7 to 22, Nov. 28 to Dec. 19, 1927, Jan. 5-17, Jan. 18 to 26, Jan. 27-Feb. 1, 1928 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Flood Control Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :276 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi Valley by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Flood Control
Download or read book Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi Valley written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (74) S. 3531.
Book Synopsis Rivers by Design by : Karen M. O'Neill
Download or read book Rivers by Design written by Karen M. O'Neill and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 2006-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has one of the largest and costliest flood control systems in the world, even though only a small proportion of its land lies in floodplains. Rivers by Design traces the emergence of the mammoth U.S. flood management system, which is overseen by the federal government but implemented in conjunction with state governments and local contractors and levee districts. Karen M. O’Neill analyzes the social origins of the flood control program, showing how the system initially developed as a response to the demands of farmers and the business elite in outlying territories. The configuration of the current system continues to reflect decisions made in the nineteenth century and early twentieth. It favors economic development at the expense of environmental concerns. O’Neill focuses on the creation of flood control programs along the lower Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, the first two rivers to receive federal flood control aid. She describes how, in the early to mid-nineteenth century, planters, shippers, and merchants from both regions campaigned for federal assistance with flood control efforts. She explains how the federal government was slowly and reluctantly drawn into water management to the extent that, over time, nearly every river in the United States was reengineered. Her narrative culminates in the passage of the national Flood Control Act of 1936, which empowered the Army Corps of Engineers to build projects for all navigable rivers in conjunction with local authorities, effectively ending nationwide, comprehensive planning for the protection of water resources.
Book Synopsis Control of Floods on the Mississippi River by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
Download or read book Control of Floods on the Mississippi River written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :388 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis Control of Flood Waters in the Mississippi Valley by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Download or read book Control of Flood Waters in the Mississippi Valley written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
