Living with nature's extremes : the life of Gilbert Fowler White / Robert E. Hinshaw

Publication | Library Call Number: TC140.W48 H56 2006

Format: Book
Author/Creator: Hinshaw, Robert E., 1933-
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Johnson Books, c2006
Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-326) and index
Language: English
External Link: Table of contents only

Physical Description: xxviii, 339 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Contents: Roots, childhood, and the University of Chicago
Washington and the New Deal Era
Love and the onset of war
World War II: humanitarian service, internment, and the return home
Haverford College
The American Friends Service Committee and Southeast Asia
The battle over floodplain management
The National Flood Insurance Program and the Natural Hazards Center
Toward unified floodplain management, 1975-2000
Floodplain management at the local level: Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Boulder, Colorado
Teaching geography
The crisis of the global environment
Gilbert White: the man
Gilbert White: his legacy
Epilogue
Appendix 1: vitae of Gilbert F. White
Appendix 2: honors and awards received by Gilbert F. White.
ISBN: 1555663885
9781555663889
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-326) and index.
Subjects: Hydraulic engineers--United States--Biography.
Geographers--United States--Biography.
White, Gilbert F.
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