Drawing Louisiana's New Map
eBook - ePub

Drawing Louisiana's New Map

Addressing Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana

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eBook - ePub

Drawing Louisiana's New Map

Addressing Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana

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About this book

During the past 50 years, coastal Louisiana has suffered catastrophic land loss due to both natural and human causes. This loss has increased storm vulnerability and amplified risks to lives, property, and economies--a fact underscored by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Drawing Louisiana's New Map reviews a restoration plan proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Louisiana, finding that, although the individual projects in the study are scientifically sound, there should be more and larger scale projects that provide a comprehensive approach to addressing land loss over such a large area. More importantly, the study should be guided by a detailed map of the expected future landscape of coastal Louisiana that is developed from agreed upon goals for the region and the nation.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2006
eBook ISBN
9780309164900
Edition
0
Topic
Physical Sciences

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
  3. COMMITTEE ON THE RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF COASTAL LOUISIANA
  4. OCEAN STUDIES BOARD
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Contents
  8. Summary
  9. 1 Introduction
  10. 2 The Historic and Existing Louisiana Coastal Systems
  11. 3 Conflicts and Limitations to Achieving Goals
  12. 4 Plans and Efforts at Restoring Coastal Louisiana
  13. 5 The LCA Study Planning Approach, Modeling, and Project Selection Process
  14. 6 The LCA Study and the Feasibility of Its Components
  15. 7 Critical Knowledge Gaps
  16. 8 Findings and Recommendations
  17. References
  18. Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies
  19. Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations