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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-326) and index.

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.