Louisiana's Response to Extreme Weather: A Coastal State's Adaptation Challenges and Successes

by Shirley Laska

Book Overview

Focuses on Louisiana as the leading state in increasing extreme rain events and record flooding
Explores the responses of Louisiana government officials, practitioners, scientists and engineers - be they successful or not -- as lessons for the other coastal areas of the United States
Treats Louisiana as a test case for addressing social justice issues involved in resilient recovery

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030272044
• ISBN13: 9783030272043
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"