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A Case Study in Shifting Standards
| 题名： | A Case Study in Shifting Standards |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Tara Hoke |
| 摘要： | Situated at the confluence of three rivers, Pittsburgh is predictably susceptible to flooding. Though numerous floods have been recorded since its precolonial origins, perhaps none was as devastating as the Great St. Patrick's Day Flood of 1936, when heavy rain and snowmelt overwhelmed much of the region, leaving hundreds of thousands without homes. In the aftermath of this disaster, Congress passes legislation to authorize funding for flood control measures in the region. While the project stagnates for some time, by the mid-1950s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is ready to move forward with a plan to locate a dam on the upper Allegheny River near the northern border of Pennsylvania. Yet the Corps' plan meets with immediate and intense opposition. The proposed site occupies tribal lands belonging to the Seneca people, the result of a 1794 treaty authorized by President George Washington that commits the U.S. government "never to claim the same, nor to disturb them... in the free use and enjoyment" of their lands. This new plan, however, would force more than 130 Seneca families from their homes and flood some 10,000 acres of their ancestral land. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | Civil Engineering |
| 卷： | 93 |
| 期： | 6 |
| 页码： | 38-39 |
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