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 Stories About: Army Corps of Engineers AND Mississippi River AND placemaking AND severe weather AND special series AND urban planning
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Biloxi Clues
A post-Katrina homebuilding project gives hope for weathering severe storms |
Emily Gertz |
20 Mar 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi on August 29, 2005, the storm's 125-mile-an-hour winds and 25-foot wall of seawater ground homes, boats, and businesses into matchsticks across the state's three coastal counties: Jackson, Hancock, and Harrison. The cities of Waveland and Bay St. Louis, roughly 20 miles east of the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, were practical ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, green building, Mississippi, Mississippi River, placemaking, severe weather, special series, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Tempting Fate
Fifteen years after the Great Flood of 1993, floodplain development is booming |
Emily Gertz |
19 Mar 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Once it was a cornfield; now it's a Wal-Mart, a Taco Bell, a Target. Here along a stretch of Missouri's Highway 40, in the Chesterfield Valley area just west of downtown St. Louis, what's said to be the largest strip mall in the country sits on about 46 acres of Mississippi River bottomlands. Less than 20 years ago, the land was open space. Press Play to watch with narration, o ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River, placemaking, severe weather, special series, urban planning (all these topics) |
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