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Planning tool to support Louisiana's decisionmaking on coastal protection and restoration : technical description /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Groves, David G. (Autor), Sharon, Christopher (Autor), Knopman, Debra S. (Autor)
Autores Corporativos: Louisiana. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Rand Gulf States Policy Institute
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Gulf States Policy Institute, 2012.
Colección:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1266-CPRA.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 82 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-82).
ISBN:9780833077288
0833077287
9780833077301
0833077309