Barry, John M.
Official URL: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,2...
Abstract
The most important thing that people need to understand about the New Orleans area is the interplay between geology and engineering, and their unintended consequences. This involves two issues: how the city became vulnerable and rising sea level. Nature did not make New Orleans vulnerable to hurricanes. Engineers did.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | New Orleans; geology; engineering; unintended consequences; rising sea level; hurricanes; Mississippi River; coastal marsh |
| Subjects: | Teaching Teaching > Risk Management > Emergency Management Response & Systems Teaching > Risk Management Teaching > Risk Management > Emergency Preparedness |
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| Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2011 |
| Last Modified: | 18 May 2011 17:00 |
| Link to this item (URI): | http://health-equity.pitt.edu/id/eprint/804 |
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