The Failure of the New Orleans Levee System Following Hurricane Katrina and the Pathway Forward
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10399625 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ivor Ll Van Heerden |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | s1 |
| Pages | 24-35 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00810.x |
| OpenAlex | W2010180970 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 2 |
Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a fast‐moving Category 3 storm. Thereafter, 85 percent of Greater New Orleans was flooded, 1,500 lives were lost, and approximately 100,000 were left homeless. New Orleans’ hurricane protection system failed catastrophically, leaving miles of levees without protection from waves. With global warming accelerating, smarter planning is needed for many coastal cities and communities. Surge defenses that make full use of natural and man‐made components need to be augmented with sustainable development and retreat from low‐lying coastal regions. Coastal restoration is the key to the future habitation of southeast Louisiana, together with an east–west levee/surge protection system across the mid‐coast. This latter system must be complimented and protected by aggressive coastal wetland and barrier island restoration
Cartography · Climate change · Coastal flood · Environmental planning · Flooding (psychology · Geography · Hurricane katrina · Landfall · Levee · Meteorology · Natural disaster · Natural hazard · Sea level rise · Storm · Storm surge · Wetland · Coastal and Marine Dynamics · Coastal and Marine Management · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Geology · Oceanography
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |