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Sinking Chicago : climate change and the remaking of a flood-prone environment /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Platt, Harold L. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2018.
Series:Urban life, landscape, and policy.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Illinois > Chicago.
Floodplains > Illinois > Chicago.
Flood control > Illinois > Chicago.
Water quality > Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The dry years
  • Introduction : cities, sprawl, and climate change
  • The triumph of metropolitanism, 1885-1910
  • The defeat of conservationism, 1910-1920
  • The rise and fall of the American dream, 1920-1945
  • The wet years
  • The boom of suburban growth, 1945-1965
  • The bust of urban decline, 1965-1985
  • The rebirth of urban nature, 1985-2011
  • Conclusion : cities, adaptation, and prairie wetlands.