Hazardous metropolis :: flooding and urban ecology in Los Angeles /

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.

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1. Verfasser: Orsi, Jared, 1970-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 276 p.)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-265) and index.
ISBN:9780520930087
0520930088
9780520238503
0520238508
1597346489
9781597346481

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