Global Estimates 2012 – People displaced by disasters The displacement of people by the risk and impact of disasters is a concern for policymakers in both rich and poor countries worldwide. Since 2009, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) has been providing global estimates of the number of people displaced each year [...]
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Climate Change: Future Federal Adaptation Efforts Could Better Support Local Infrastructure Decision Makers
CLIMATE CHANGE: Future Federal Adaptation Efforts Could Better Support Local Infrastructure Decision Makers, GAO-13-242 – April 2015 According to the National Research Council (NRC) and others, infrastructure such as roads and bridges, wastewater systems, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) centers are vulnerable to changes in the climate. Changes in precipitation and sea levels, [...]
The CPRA case for diversions and levees
The Use of Mississippi River Sediment for Restoration Projects in Louisiana - Russ J. Joffrion, PE, Engineer Manager, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Engineering Division Implications of Sea Level Rise: Case Study on the East Land Bridge Dennis Lambert, PE, Area Manager, Ben C. Gerwick, Inc. and Dale Berner, PE, PhD, President, Ben C. Gerwick, Inc.
Hurricane Betsy – Preliminary Report NOAA
Hurricane Betsy: Preliminary Report, with Advisories and Bulletins Issued, September 15th, 1965/
Mississippi River Freshwater Diversions in Southern Louisiana – 2012
Teal, J.M., R. Best, J. Caffrey, C.S. Hopkinson, K.L. McKee, J.T. Morris, S. Newman and B. Orem. 2012. Mississippi River Freshwater Diversions in Southern Louisiana: Effects on Wetland Vegetation, Soils, and Elevation. Edited by A.J. Lewitus, M. Croom, T. Davison, D.M. Kidwell, B.A. Kleiss, J.W. Pahl, and C.M. Swarzenski. Final Report to the State of [...]
Environmental Report for the Inner Harbor Levee Improvements
INDIVIDUAL ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT #11 IMPROVED PROTECTION ON THE INNER HARBOR NAVIGATION CANAL ORLEANS AND ST. BERNARD PARISHES, LOUISIANA
The Pontchartrain Levee District Progress Report – 2012
The Pontchartrain Levee District Progress Report – 2012 From the Report: The Pontchartrain Levee District (PLD) is the local sponsor for the projects referenced herein. Currently, there are projects in each of the six parishes comprising the PLD’s jurisdiction. As presented in more detail throughout this report, ongoing feasibility studies are underway for many projects, [...]
Comprehensive environmental study of post-Katrina levees
The Army Corps of Engineers is hosting a public meeting Tuesday evening to explain the comprehensive environmental document developed for the improvements made to the New Orleans area hurricane levee system. The document takes the place of a comprehensive environmental impact statement for the levee improvements, and was allowed by the White House Council on [...]
Subsidence in coastal Louisiana: causes, rates, and effects on wetlands – 1983
Boesch, D. F., D. Levin, D. Nummedal, and K. Bowles. 1983. Subsidence in coastal Louisiana: causes, rates, and effects on wetlands. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Biological Services, Washington, DC. FWS/OBS-83/26. 30 pp. Summary Coastal wetlands are being lost at a rapid and accelerating rate in Louisiana. Much of this loss is attributable [...]
ASFPM Report: Flood Mapping for the Nation
ASFPM Report: Flood Mapping for the Nation Executive Summary: The Association of State Floodplain Managers has developed an estimate, based on a careful analysis, of the total cost to provide floodplain mapping for all communities in the nation based on the parameters specified in the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. The Nation has [...]
Global Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States – 2012
Global Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States National Climate Assessment, December 6, 2012. Global sea level rise has been a persistent trend for decades. It is expected to continue beyond the end of this century, which will cause significant impacts in the United States. Scientists have very high confidence (greater than 90% chance) [...]
The Impact of Hurricane Isaac on Louisiana
http://theadvocate.com/news/5301477-123/isaacs-impact After Hurricane Katrina questions were raised about the long term safety of low lying communities outside the New Orleans levee system. No decisions were made and redevelopment was funded in these communities. These areas were flooded by Hurricane Gustav, and then flooded again by Hurricane Isaac. Despite being a very small storm, Isaac caused [...]
Climate Change and Existing Law – CRS
Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future This report surveys existing law for legal issues that have arisen, or may arise in the future, on account of climate change and government responses thereto. At the threshold of many climate-change-related lawsuits are two barriers—whether the plaintiff has standing to [...]
Tropical Cyclone Report – Hurricane Sandy
Eric S. Blake, Todd B. Kimberlain, Robert J. Berg, John P. Cangialosi and John L. Beven II, Tropical Cyclone Report – Hurricane Sandy (AL182012) 22 – 29 October 2012, National Hurricane Center, 12 February 2013. Sandy was a classic late-season hurricane in the southwestern Caribbean Sea. The cyclone made landfall as a category 1 hurricane [...]
Flood Control History
The Nation’s Responses To Flood Disasters: A Historical Account Alexander, J.S., Wilson, R.C., and Green, W.R., 2012, A brief history and summary of the effects of river engineering and dams on the Mississippi River system and delta: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1375, 43 p. Interagency Floodplain Mgmt. Review Comm., Sharing the Challenge: Floodplain Management into [...]
EU Floods Directive
Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks. More information
CRS – Flood Damage Related to Army Corps of Engineers Projects
CRS – Flood Damage Related to Army Corps of Engineers Projects: Selected Legal Issues, June 7, 2011 (RL34131) Summary Over the past century, the federal government has undertaken a number of civil works projects to prevent widespread damage from flooding of various waterways. These flood control projects generally have been designed and constructed by the [...]
Congress Reforms the National Flood Insurance Program
Full Text of the Bill - Technical Correction Congressional Committee Report – Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 Homeland Security: Privacy Impact Assessment, National Flood Insurance Program Information Technology System, Oct. 12, 2012 Georgetown Climate Center Analysis of the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 The Center For Insurance Policy & Research National Association of Realtors Analysis [...]
Louisiana Coastal Restoration Authority
Louisiana Coastal Restoration Authority
Protecting Wetlands and Wildlife Habitat While Reducing Flood Losses
Protecting Wetlands and Wildlife Habitat While Reducing Flood Losses: A Guidebook on Interagency Collaboration in the Mississippi River Basin In May 2011, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and the University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment (UNC-IE), together with the Wisconsin Wetlands Association (WWA), held a workshop, funded by the McKnight Foundation, that brought together wetland and [...]