Restoring and protecting coastal Louisiana

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Abstract

Much attention is being shifted to restoration and protection of Coastal Louisiana, a location of a large part of the US's oil and gas industry and its largest port complex, experiencing the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Katrina and storms. The region has also experienced lack of funding and prioritization system at the federal level for allocating funds for critical water resources infrastructure. The failures of levees and other infrastructure that have occurred since Katrina, including those that occurred during the Midwest floods in 2008, have more clearly defined the vulnerabilities in flood prediction. The need for ecosystem restoration has been recognized in the Missouri River, the Great Lakes, and various smaller areas across the country. A state plan approved by the Louisiana legislation includes restoration of the wetlands through diversions of the Mississippi River, relying on adaptive management to address the substantial design uncertainties in large deltaic system.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Issues in Science and Technology

First Page

29

Last Page

38

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