Mississippi floods : designing a shifting landscape

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The work Mississippi floods : designing a shifting landscape represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Mississippi floods : designing a shifting landscape

Title remainder

designing a shifting landscape

Statement of responsibility

Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha

Creator

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Contributor

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Author

• A0qRUI42O1c
• lhCoDWp00r0

Landscape architect

• A0qRUI42O1c
• lhCoDWp00r0

Subject

• Aménagement du territoire -- États-Unis | Mississippi, Vallée du (États-Unis)
• Cunha, Dilip da
• Cunha, Dilip da -- Exhibitions
• Cunha, Dilip da -- Expositions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Floods
• Floods -- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- Exhibitions
• History
• Landscape assessment
• Landscape assessment -- Mississippi River Valley -- Exhibitions
• Mathur, Anuradha
• Mathur, Anuradha -- Exhibitions
• Mathur, Anuradha -- Expositions
• Mississippi
• Mississippi River Valley
• Mississippi River Valley -- History -- Exhibitions
• Mississippi River Valley -- In art | Exhibitions
• Mississippi, Vallée du (États-Unis) -- Dans l'art
• Mississippi, Vallée du dans l'art -- Expositions
• Paysage -- Évaluation -- Mississippi, Vallée du -- Expositions
• Überschwemmung

Genre

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibitions
• Expositions
• History
• In art

Language

eng

Summary

• "Each time the waters of the mighty Mississippi River overflow their banks, questions arise anew about the battle between "man" and "river". How can we prevent floods and the damage they inflict while maintaining navigational potential and protecting the river's ecology?"--Jacket
• "The design of the Mississippi and how it should proceed has long been a subject of controversy. What is missing from the discussion, say the authors of this book, is an understanding of the representations of the Mississippi River. Landscape architect Anuradha Mathur and architect/planner Dilip da Cunha draw together an array of perspectives on the river and show how these different images have played a role in the process of designing and containing the river landscape. Analyzing maps, hydrographs, working models, drawings, photographs, government and media reports, painting, and even folklore, Mathur and da Cunha consider what these representations of the river portray, what they leave out, and why that might be. With original silk screen prints and a selection of maps, the book joins historic, scientific, engineering, and natural views of the river to create an entirely new portrait of the great Mississippi."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

917.7/02

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

N6537.M3943

LC item number

A4 2001

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs