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Title

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

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2012.

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Additional Authors

• Fischbach, Jordan R.
• Louisiana. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
• Rand Gulf States Policy Institute
• Rand Environment, Energy, and Economic Development (Program)

Description

xxvi, 118 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. 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 state⁰́₉s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast (the ⁰́Master Plan⁰́₊). 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.

Subject

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

Note

• "Sponsored by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana."
• "Gulf States Policy Institute."
• "This research ... was conducted in the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute and the Environment, Energy, and Economic Devlopment Program within RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118)

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780833077080
• 0833077082

LCCN

^^2012951787

OCLC

• 817540572
• SCSB-9901449

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library