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Other authors / contributors: | Sharon, Christopher, author.
Knopman, Debra S., author.
Louisiana. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
Rand Gulf States Policy Institute.
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ISBN: | 9780833077288 0833077287 9780833077301 0833077309 0833076981 9780833076984
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-82). Sponsored by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana. Print version record.
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Summary: | "Coastal Louisiana's built and natural environment faces risks from catastrophic tropical storms. Concurrently, the region is experiencing a dramatic conversion of coastal land and associated habitats to open water and a loss of important services provided by such ecosystems. Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) engaged in a detailed modeling, simulation, and analysis exercise, the results of which informed Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast. The Master Plan defines a set of coastal risk-reduction and restoration projects to be implemented in the coming decades to reduce hurricane flood risk to coastal communities and restore the Louisiana coast. Risk-reduction and restoration projects were selected to provide the greatest level of risk-reduction and land-building benefits under a given budget constraint while being consistent with other objectives and principles of the Master Plan. A RAND project team, with the guidance of CPRA and other members of the Master Plan Delivery Team, developed a computer-based decision-support tool, called the CPRA Planning Tool. The Planning Tool provided technical analysis that supported the development of the Master Plan through CPRA and community-based deliberations. This document seeks to provide an accessible technical description of the Planning Tool and associated analyses used to develop the Master Plan."
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Other form: | Print version: Groves, David G. Planning tool to support Louisiana's decisionmaking on coastal protection and restoration. Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corporation, 2012
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