| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 82 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Technical report |
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1266-CPRA.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Model description and assumptions -- Analytic procedures -- Analyses to develop the master plan -- Conclusions -- Appendix. Expert-adjusted alternatives |
| Summary |
"Coastal Louisiana's built and natural environment faces risks from catastrophic tropical storms. Concurrently, the region is experiencing a dramatic conversion of coastal land and associated habitats to open water and a loss of important services provided by such ecosystems. Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) engaged in a detailed modeling, simulation, and analysis exercise, the results of which informed Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast. The Master Plan defines a set of coastal risk-reduction and restoration projects to be implemented in the coming decades to reduce hurricane flood risk to coastal communities and restore the Louisiana coast. Risk-reduction and restoration projects were selected to provide the greatest level of risk-reduction and land-building benefits under a given budget constraint while being consistent with other objectives and principles of the Master Plan. A RAND project team, with the guidance of CPRA and other members of the Master Plan Delivery Team, developed a computer-based decision-support tool, called the CPRA Planning Tool. The Planning Tool provided technical analysis that supported the development of the Master Plan through CPRA and community-based deliberations. This document seeks to provide an accessible technical description of the Planning Tool and associated analyses used to develop the Master Plan." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-82) |
| Notes |
Sponsored by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Shore protection -- Louisiana
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Coastal zone management -- Louisiana
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Coastal ecology -- Louisiana
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Coastal ecology
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Coastal zone management
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Shore protection
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Louisiana
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sharon, Christopher, author
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Knopman, Debra S., author
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Louisiana. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
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Rand Gulf States Policy Institute.
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| LC no. |
2012947921 |
| ISBN |
9780833077288 |
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0833077287 |
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9780833077301 |
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0833077309 |
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