
Delta Urbanism: New Orleans
New Orleans
Richard Campanella(Autor*in)
American Planning Association (Verlag)
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 1. April 2010
Buch
Softcover
232 Seiten
978-1-932364-85-9 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
This volume of APA's Delta Urbanism series traces the development of New Orleans from precolonial times to post-Katrina realities, in the context of the deltaic plain on which it lies. The book describes the underlying physical terrain and covers the various transformations humans have made to it: site selection, settlement, urbanization, population, expansion, drainage, protection, exploitation, devastation, and recovery. What New Orleans has experienced foretells what similar cities will be tackling in years to come.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Richard Campanella's detailed works on New Orleans geography have been instant classics, and this book continues that trend. Campanella understands that New Orleans's unique cultureour cuisine, music, architecture, funeral traditions, and literaturehave everything to do with our position on the Mississippi River's delta, as do many of our vulnerabilities. There are lessons for all deltaic cities in this must-read. -James CarvilleWeitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Chicago
USA
Verlagsgruppe
Taylor & Francis Inc
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Professional and Professional Practice & Development
Produkt-Hinweis
Broschur/Paperback
Klebebindung
Maße
Höhe: 213 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
Gewicht
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-932364-85-9 (9781932364859)
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New Orleans, LA: Tulane University geographer Richard Campanella maps and analyzes the physical and human geography of New Orleans and coastal Louisiana.
Inhalt
1 Delta Formation 2 Delta Topography 3 Settling the Delta 4 Urbanizing the Delta 5 Why There? 6 Colonial-Era Flood Control 7 A Radical Change of Destiny 8 Unwritten Rules of Urban Expansion 9 The Unplanned Street Plan 10 Antebellum Flood Control 11 Populating the Antebellum City 12 Populating the Postbellum City 13 Draining the Deltaic City 14 Turn-of-the-Century Flood Control 15 Buffering the Deltaic City 16 Twentieth-Century Delta Urbanism 17 Perceiving the Delta City 18 Environmental Consequences of Delta Urbanism 19 Devastating the Deltaic City 20 i? Plandemoniumi? 21 Repopulating the Deltaic City 22 Delta Urbanism: Lessons from New Orleans