Catastrophe in the making: The engineering of katrina and the disasters of tomorrow

Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-209

  Freudenburg, William R ^a   Gramling, Robert ^a   Laska, Shirley ^a   Erikson, Kai T ^a  

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ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

CALIFORNIA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCE; LOUISIANA; MISSOURIS; NEW ORLEANS; SHIPPING LANES; STORM SURGES;

DISASTERS;

EID: 84961338858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-156-6     Document Type: Book

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