The failure of the New Orleans levee system following Hurricane Katrina and the pathway forward
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
van Heerden, Ivor Ll.
署名单位：
Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University; Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University
刊物名称：
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
ISSN/ISSBN：
0033-3352
DOI：
10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00810.x
发表日期：
2007
页码：
24-35
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摘要：
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, leavi ng 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 soutbeast 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.