Hazardous Metropolis: Flooding and Urban Ecology in Los Angeles (Hardcover)

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Prologue. Water in Los Angeles: A Portrait of an Urban Ecosystem
1. City of a Thousand Rivers: The Emergence of an Urban Ecosystem, 1884?1914
2. A Centralized Authority and a Comprehensive Plan: Response to the Floods, 1914?1917
3. A Weir to Do Man’s Bidding: The Great San Gabriel Dam Fiasco, 1917?1929
4. A More Effective Scouring Agent: The New Year’s Eve Debris Flood and the Collapse of Local Flood Control, 1930?1934
5. The Sun Is Shining over Southern California: The Politics of Federal Flood Control in Los Angeles, 1935?1969
6. Necessary but Not Sufficient: Storms, Environmentalism, and New Visions for Flood Control, 1969?2001
Epilogue. The Historical Structure of Disorder: Urban Ecology in Los Angeles and Beyond

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