Hurricane Katrina as a "teachable moment"

By American standards, New Orleans is a very old, very popular city in the southern part of the United States. It is located in Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi River, a river which drains about 40% of the Continental United States, making New Orleans a major port city. It is also located i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: M. H. Glantz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-04-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:http://www.adv-geosci.net/14/287/2008/adgeo-14-287-2008.pdf