| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 82 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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Technical report
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1266-CPRA.
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| Funding |
Sponsored by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-82). |
| 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." |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Model description and assumptions -- Analytic procedures -- Analyses to develop the master plan -- Conclusions -- Appendix. Expert-adjusted alternatives. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shore protection -- Louisiana.
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Shore protection. |
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Louisiana. |
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Coastal zone management -- Louisiana.
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Coastal zone management. |
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Coastal ecology -- Louisiana.
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Coastal ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Technical reports.
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Technical reports.
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| Added 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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| Other Form: |
Print version: Groves, David G. Planning tool to support Louisiana's decisionmaking on coastal protection and restoration. Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corporation, 2012 (DLC) 2012947921 (OCoLC)812067857 |
| ISBN |
9780833077288 (electronic book) |
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0833077287 (electronic book) |
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9780833077301 (electronic book) |
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0833077309 (electronic book) |
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0833076981 |
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9780833076984 |
| Report No. |
RAND/TR-1266-CPRA |
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