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Table of contents for Hazardous metropolis : flooding and urban ecology in Los Angeles / Jared Orsi.

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Acknowledgments

Prologue. 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

Epilogue. The Historical Structure of Disorder: Urban Ecology in Los Angeles and Beyond

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Bibliography

Index

Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Flood control California Los Angeles, Flood control Government policy California Los Angeles, Urban ecology California Los Angeles