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On Flexible UrbanismBLDGBLOG
BLDGBLOG The Atlantean fate of New Orleans was, in large part, a factor of its architecture. Through an over-reliance on urban fortificationslevees, bulwarks, and other rigid, literally military defenses built by the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersNew Orleans lost all flexibility to act as its surrounding landscape returned to a state of hydrological dynamism.
Key Words: New Orleans Hurricane Katrina flexible urbanism military hydrology landscape engineering
Space and Culture, Vol. 9, No. 1,
23-25 (2006) |
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