| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 118 pages) : color illustrations, color maps. |
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text file PDF |
| Series |
Technical report ; TR-1259-CPRA
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1259-CPRA.
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| Note |
"Sponsored by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana." |
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"Gulf States Policy Institute." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118). |
| Summary |
"Motivated by the devastating effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 and Gustav and Ike in 2008, planners and policymakers in the State of Louisiana have updated the state's Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast (the "Master Plan"). The resulting Master Plan proposes a range of risk reduction and coastal restoration projects to reduce storm surge flood risks to coastal communities and address other objectives to help create a more sustainable coast over the next 50 years. To support this process, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana asked RAND to create an analytical model, the Coastal Louisiana Risk Assessment (CLARA) model, to estimate flood depths and damage that occurs as a result of major storms. CLARA made it possible to systematically evaluate potential projects for inclusion in the Master Plan on the basis of how well they reduce flood damage in Louisiana's coastal region. CLARA was also used to evaluate the flood damage reduction provided by the final Master Plan. Results from this analysis show that storm surge flood damage represents a major threat to coastal Louisiana and that, if no action is taken, this damage can be expected to grow substantially in the future. Implementing the Master Plan, however, could substantially reduce future damage. For instance, average annual damage is projected to increase to between $7 billion and $21 billion per year by 2061 in a future without action, but, with the Master Plan in place, this damage level is reduced to between $3 billion and $5 billion."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Overview of CLARA -- Measuring hurricane hazard and flood recurrence -- Calculating surge and wave overtopping -- Estimating protection system fragility -- Calculating interior drainage in protected areas -- Assessing economic value, growth, and flood damage -- Uncertainty in CLARA -- Supporting master plan development with CLARA -- Results from the final master plan analysis -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Environmental risk assessment -- Louisiana.
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Environmental risk assessment. |
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Louisiana. |
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Coastal zone management -- Louisiana.
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Coastal zone management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Fischbach, Jordan R.
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Louisiana. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
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Rand Gulf States Policy Institute.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Coastal Louisiana risk assessment model. Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corp., 2012 9780833077080 (OCoLC)817540572 |
| ISBN |
9780833079855 (electronic book) |
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0833079859 (electronic book) |
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9780833077080 |
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0833077082 |
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