Geomorphology, geography, and New Orleans after Iberville and Bienville

Technology in Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-237

  Turner, R Eugene ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta levees; Flooding; Geography; Geomorphology; Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Rita; Levees; Louisiana; Mississippi river; New Orleans; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HURRICANE EFFECTS; LEVEES; RIVERS; WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING; GEOGRAPHY; RIVER FLOODING;

HURRICANES;

FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HURRICANE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATURAL DISASTER;

BIENVILLE PARISH; IBERVILLE PARISH; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847407116     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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