Just one rain away : the ethnography of river city flood control / Stephanie C. Kane.

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"Not long ago it seemed flood control experts were close to mastering the unruly flows funnelling toward Hudson Bay and the Prairie city of Winnipeg. But as more intense and out-of-synch flood events occur, wary cities like Winnipeg continue to depend on systems and specifications that will soon be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kane, Stephanie C. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Floods > Manitoba > Winnipeg.
Rivers > Social aspects > Manitoba > Winnipeg.
Flood control > Manitoba > Winnipeg.
Flood control > Social aspects > Manitoba > Winnipeg.
Flood control > Manitoba > Winnipeg > Decision making.
Inondations > Manitoba > Winnipeg.
Cours d'eau > Aspect social > Manitoba > Winnipeg.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Manitoba > Winnipeg.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Aspect social > Manitoba > Winnipeg.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Manitoba > Winnipeg > Prise de décision.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Flood control.
Flood control > Social aspects.
Floods.
Manitoba > Winnipeg.
Physical Description:xvii, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24cm
Variant Title:
Ethnography of river city flood control
Format: Book

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