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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783778903321

Titolo

Drawing Louisiana's new map [[electronic resource] ] : addressing land loss in coastal Louisiana / / Committee on the Restoration and Protection of Coastal Louisiana, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2006

ISBN

0-309-16490-7

1-280-34930-1

9786610349302

0-309-65481-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Disciplina

333.91/815309763

Soggetti

Wetland restoration - Louisiana

Coastal zone management - Louisiana

Coast changes - Louisiana

Endangered ecosystems - Louisiana

Restoration ecology - Louisiana

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-184).

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Historic and Existing Louisiana Coastal Systems""; ""3 Conflicts and Limitations to Achieving Goals""; ""4 Plans and Efforts at Restoring Coastal Louisiana""; ""5 The LCA Study Planning Approach, Modeling, and Project Selection Process""; ""6 The LCA Study and the Feasibility of Its Components""; ""7 Critical Knowledge Gaps""; ""8 Findings and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations""