Kerstetter Todd M. Flood on the Tracks: Living, Dying, and the Nature of Disaster in the Elkhorn River Basin 9781682830161

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Автор: Kerstetter Todd M.
Название: Flood on the Tracks: Living, Dying, and the Nature of Disaster in the Elkhorn River Basin
ISBN: 9781682830161
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Воздействие на общество катастрофических ситуаций

Охрана окружающей среды

Природные бедствия

Строительство гидротехнических сооружений

Защита от паводков

ISBN-10: 1682830160
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 288
Вес: 0.50 кг.
Дата издания: 30.10.2018
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 152 x 18
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Ключевые слова: Conservation of the environment
Подзаголовок: Living, dying, and the nature of disaster in the elkhorn river basin
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The Elkhorn River originates in north-central Nebraska and empties into the Platte River just west of Omaha. One of the first written records of the Elkhorn describes a flood. A flood hindered travel up the river by the valleys first non-Indian settlers. Decade after decade, floods have swept away mill dams, destroyed crops, drowned stock, soaked inventories, filled basements, undercut roads, washed out railroads and bridges, turned unfortunate riverside homesâ€“even a dance hallâ€“into unwieldy watercraft, and killed people. Everyone in the Elkhorn Valley agreed the Flood of 1944 was the worst in history. Until the deadly Flood of 2010 took the title. From a perspective unusual on the Great Plainsâ€“the problem of too much waterâ€“ Flood on the Tracks offers an intimate portrait of life in the Elkhorn River Basin of northeast Nebraska. In a region often defined by aridity, rivers and their basins have provided sustenance, shelter, fertile soil, and overland highways. In many ways Plains rivers organize human lives. When they overflow, which they can be counted on to do, they disorganize them. Using Plains Indian winter counts, postcards, photographs, newspaper accounts, government records, and more, Flood on the Tracks chronicles the rivers natural and human history from the Plains Indians into the twenty-first century. The Elkhorns floods show us how the nature of disaster has changed and how Plainsfolk liveâ€“and dieâ€“with a river.
Дополнительное описание: Conservation of the environment|General and world history|Limnology (inland waters)

Flood on the Tracks: Living, Dying, and the Nature of Disaster in the Elkhorn River Basin, Kerstetter Todd M.