Front cover image for The Flood control challenge : past, present, and future : proceedings of a national symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 26, 1986

The Flood control challenge : past, present, and future : proceedings of a national symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 26, 1986

Print Book, English, 1988
Public Works Historical Society, Chicago, Ill., 1988
Conference papers and proceedings
xiv, 166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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The 1936 flood control act
The flood control act of 1936: a study in politics, planning, and ideology / Joseph L. Arnold
Evolution and future of flood control in the United States / Theodore M. Schad
Comments by: James E. Goddard, Helen Ingram
Featured address: when may a post-audit teach lessons? / Gilbert F. White
Impact on rural and urban areas
Small watershed and the USDA: legacy of the flood control act of 1936 / Douglas Helms
Flood control in urban areas: past, present, and future / Bory Steinberg
Comments by: Martin Reuss, Michael C. Robinson
The economics of flood control
The benefits and costs of flood control: reflections on the flood control act of 1936 / Leonard Shabman
The new federalism and national flood control programs / Kenneth Rubin
Comments by: Kyle E. Schilling, Arthur Maass
"Sponsored by the Public Works Historical Society and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."