Research Catalog

Title

Coastal Louisiana risk assessment model : technical description and 2012 coastal master plan analysis results / Jordan R. Fischbach [and others].

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corp., 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fischbach, Jordan R.
• Louisiana. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
• Rand Gulf States Policy Institute.
• Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)

Description

xxvi, 118 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 28 cm

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 Louisiana⁰́₉s 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.

Series Statement

Technical report ; TR-1259-CPRA

Uniform Title

Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1259-CPRA.

Subjects

• Environmental risk assessment
• Louisiana
• Environmental risk assessment > Louisiana
• Küstengebiet
• Küstenschutz
• Coastal zone management > Louisiana

Note

• "Sponsored by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana."
• "Gulf States Policy Institute."
• "A study by Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118).

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.

Call Number

JFF 17-1398

ISBN

• 9780833077080
• 0833077082

LCCN

2012951787

OCLC

817540572

Title

Coastal Louisiana risk assessment model : technical description and 2012 coastal master plan analysis results / Jordan R. Fischbach [and others].

Imprint

Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corp., 2012.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Technical report ; TR-1259-CPRA

Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1259-CPRA.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118).

Connect to:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1259.html

Added Author

Fischbach, Jordan R.

Louisiana. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.

Rand Gulf States Policy Institute.

Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)

Report No.

RAND/TR-1259-CPRA

Research Call Number

JFF 17-1398