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Past Issues of Coastal Clips
Local CZM Capacity Pre and
Post Hurricanes Katrina, Rita,
Gustav and Ike:
A Comparison Study
The hurricane events that continue since 2005 bring into critical focus the need to assess
how best to provide the necessary tools to build knowledge and local capacities to
manage the needs of present and future coastal Louisiana challenges. In this study,
capacity is defined as agreement with regulator ideology that undergirds policy and
regulation promulgated by Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. Designed as a
natural experiment, this study is a follow-up to a pre-Hurricane Katrina study of the
effectiveness of Louisiana’s Local Coastal Program (LCP) in building local coastal zone
management capacity in local decision-makers (Norris-Raynbird, 2006). Using personal
interview and mail-out survey methods, it compares post event data (2011) with the preevent
data (2005).
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Recreational Fishing and Boating Opportunities
In recent years, Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike caused significant damage in many southern Louisiana communities. Along with this damage came initial and long-term economic loss. One approach to spur economic development in these areas is to provide sites and facilities which provide access to the communities’ diverse and beautiful natural environments. Through Louisiana State University’s AgCenter, area agricultural agents contacted the university’s Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture to request the production of several pilot project designs for recreational fishing and boating access. These designs provide examples of how, with a limited budget, a community can provide tourists and residents with access to local waterways and coastal environments. With a focus on recreational boating and fishing access, the designs aim to draw tourists to the communities, along with money to the local economies. The designs are to serve as demonstrations; they are not for construction purposes.
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Flood Mitigation Planning: Bayou des Allemands
During tropical storm events in the region, Des Allemands and adjacent St. Charles Parish are subject to flooding. The parish department of public works erects temporary protection, however there is the need for a long-term, more permanent solution. Several ideas have been suggested and evaluated by the parish, all costly and beyond its financial means. Additionally, the US Army Corps of Engineers is considering a regional solution. However, construction is projected sometime in the future. So the parish is considering the feasibility of an effective, short-term solution. Several alternatives have been proposed and evaluated, and the following publication summarize the various alternative flood mitigation measures and recommends a course of action.
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Bayou Bienvenue Central Wetland Unit:
Wetland Restoration and Hazard Mitigation Proposal for Creating a Sustainable and Disaster Resilient Environment
Reconstruction of the St. Bernard Parish cypress swamp and marshes is among the most effective approaches to mitigating seasonal storms while insuring the integrity of existing storm protection infrastructure, such as levees. This report provides the background, rationale and process for rebuilding the marsh and swamp habitats within the Bayou Bienvenue Central Wetlands Area.
Download: BayouBienvenueCentralWetlandUnit.pdf (23.78MB PDF)
Navigating
the Federal Emergency Management Agency – Fact Sheets
The
Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program has developed a series
of information sheets and narrated presentations to help those
affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita navigate Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) programs and related legal issues during
the ongoing rebuilding process. The information sheets and presentations
answer questions about the National Flood Insurance Program, flood
elevations, rebuilding after a flood and other reconstruction
matters.
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Fact Sheets
Jefferson
Parish Lakefront Restoration
Hurricane
Katrina made landfall in late August 2005 followed four weeks
later by Hurricane Rita. Flood and wind damage occurred along
much of the Gulf of Mexico coast, including southern Louisiana.
This report, developed by Louisiana State University senior landscape
architecture students working with the East Jefferson Parish Levee
Board, contains proposals for providing storm protection along
Lake Pontchartrain by rebuilding wetlands and coastal marsh where
both existed prior to urban development in the Bucktown and surrounding
neighborhoods.
Download:
JeffersonRestoration.pdf
(14.24MB PDF)
New
Orleans Community Rebuilding & Hazard Mitigation
Following
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, faculty and senior landscape architecture
students at Louisiana State University decided to research and
cultivate appropriate strategies for rebuilding New Orleans, with
an emphasis on developing non-structural and land use plans. Each
student selected an area or neighborhood in the New Orleans area
to focus on in greater depth. The following document contains
a summary of the work accomplished by the students.
Download:
NewOrleans_Rebuild.pdf
(49.42MB PDF)
A
Town Too Smart to Die
Louisiana
Sea Grant Assists Delcambre, La., During Hurricane Recovery
In September
2005, Hurricane Rita pushed a 10-foot storm surge into the town
of Delcambre and across surrounding agricultural fields. The surge
flooded all but 25 of the 903 structures in the town’s corporate
limits. With the assistance of Louisiana Sea Grant, a recovery
steering committee composed of community members drafted a business
plan to revitalize the local economy by filling a niche for a
working waterfront that will support the fishing industry between
Intracoastal City and Morgan City. The following report outlines
the committee’s objectives as well as obstacles which need
to be overcome.
Download:
Delcambre.pdf
(5.04MB PDF)
Socioeconomic Study of the Recreational For-Hire Fishing Industry in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico - Final Report, April 2012 (1573KB PDF)
