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Delta Urbanism: New Orleans: New Orleans
Richard Campanella
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781932364859
SKU
V9781932364859
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Richard Campanella
New Orleans, LA: Tulane University geographer Richard Campanella maps and analyzes the physical and human geography of New Orleans and coastal Louisiana.
Reviews for Delta Urbanism: New Orleans: New Orleans
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 ... Read more