附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265) and index.
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 -- The historical structure of disorder: urban ecology in Los Angeles and beyond.
摘要:Despite having 114 debris dams, 5 flood control basins & nearly 500 miles of paved river channels, Los Angeles still struggles to cope with the threat of flash flooding. Orsi advances a new paradigm - the urban ecosystem - for understanding the city's complex & unpredictable waterways.
