Author: United States. President
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Perilous Place, Powerful Storms
Author: Craig E. Colten
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604733454
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The hurricane protection systems that failed New Orleans when Katrina roared on shore in 2005 were the product of four decades of engineering hubris, excruciating delays, and social conflict. In Perilous Place, Powerful Storms, Craig E. Colten traces the protracted process of erecting massive structures designed to fend off tropical storms and examines how human actions and inactions left the system incomplete on the eve of its greatest challenge. Hurricane Betsy in 1965 provided the impetus for Congress to approve unprecedented hurricane protection for the New Orleans area. Army Engineers swiftly outlined a monumental barrier network that would not only safeguard the city at the time but also provide for substantial growth. Scheduled for completion in 1978, the project encountered a host of frustrating delays. From newly imposed environmental requirements to complex construction challenges, to funding battles, to disputes over proper structures, the buffer envisioned for southeast Louisiana remained incomplete forty years later as Hurricane Katrina bore down on the city. As Colten reveals, the very remedies intended to shield the city ultimately contributed immensely to the residents' vulnerability by encouraging sprawl into flood-prone territory that was already sinking within the ring of levees. Perilous Place, Powerful Storms illuminates the political, social, and engineering lessons of those who built a hurricane protection system that failed and serves as a warning for those guiding the recovery of post-Katrina New Orleans and Louisiana.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604733454
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The hurricane protection systems that failed New Orleans when Katrina roared on shore in 2005 were the product of four decades of engineering hubris, excruciating delays, and social conflict. In Perilous Place, Powerful Storms, Craig E. Colten traces the protracted process of erecting massive structures designed to fend off tropical storms and examines how human actions and inactions left the system incomplete on the eve of its greatest challenge. Hurricane Betsy in 1965 provided the impetus for Congress to approve unprecedented hurricane protection for the New Orleans area. Army Engineers swiftly outlined a monumental barrier network that would not only safeguard the city at the time but also provide for substantial growth. Scheduled for completion in 1978, the project encountered a host of frustrating delays. From newly imposed environmental requirements to complex construction challenges, to funding battles, to disputes over proper structures, the buffer envisioned for southeast Louisiana remained incomplete forty years later as Hurricane Katrina bore down on the city. As Colten reveals, the very remedies intended to shield the city ultimately contributed immensely to the residents' vulnerability by encouraging sprawl into flood-prone territory that was already sinking within the ring of levees. Perilous Place, Powerful Storms illuminates the political, social, and engineering lessons of those who built a hurricane protection system that failed and serves as a warning for those guiding the recovery of post-Katrina New Orleans and Louisiana.
Recurring Reports to the Congress
Author: United States. General Accounting Office. Office of Program Analysis
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Describes reports required of executive branch agencies by the Congress on a recurring basis.
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Describes reports required of executive branch agencies by the Congress on a recurring basis.
Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
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Category : Calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
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Category : Calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1702
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1702
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
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Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1788
Book Description
Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
Publisher:
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Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1788
Book Description
Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
Requirements for Recurring Reports to the Congress
Author:
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Metric Conversion
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska Military Operations Area (MOA)
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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