Drawing Louisiana's New Map
Subtitle: Addressing Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: March 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780309100540
Subjects: Erosion & weathering; Land reclamation & drainage; History; Business / Economics / Finance; History: American; Louisiana; Real Estate - General; Science / Geology; United States - State & Local - South
Description: 1. Introduction -- History and causes of land loss in Louisiana -- History of coastal protection in Louisiana -- LCA study -- Origin and scope of the current study -- 2. The historic and existing Louisiana coastal systems -- The modern, anthropogenically modified river and delta -- The future Louisiana coastal system -- 3. Conflicts and limitations to achieving goals -- Land loss patterns and proposed sediment distribution -- Stakeholders with conflicting interests -- Increasing the success of the LCA study's implementation -- 4. Plans and efforts at restoring coastal Louisiana -- Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act -- Coast 2050 -- Reconnaissance-level report -- Draft LCA comprehensive study -- LCA study -- Implementation of the LCA study : organization, duration, and funding -- Relationship of Coast 2050 and the LCA study to CWPPRA projects and experiences -- Improving ongoing restoration efforts.