New Orleans, Louisiana USA is on the banks of the massive Mississippi River and its history is inextricably linked to this water that serves as a vital transportation corridor and also presents an ever-present flood hazard. This text examines the use of levees to offset the risk of flooding and how that fixed infrastructure has contributed to population dynamics in the lower river valley. Early efforts to fend off floods focused on the threat of the river, and colonial and later federal efforts led to the erection of massive earthen embankments. By the 20th century, the threat of hurricane driven storm surge prompted investments in additional levees designed to complement the river barriers and keep the sea out of the city. Levees offered a...
Plaquemines section. Historically, sustained easterly winds from hurricanes have directed surge acro...
The failure of the New Orleans regional flood protection systems, and the resultant catastrophic flo...
This paper reports a reconnaissance level study of a storm surge barrier in the Mississippi River. H...
New Orleans, Louisiana USA is on the banks of the massive Mississippi River and its history is inext...
For many years the lower Mississippi River valley has been in constant danger from high water causin...
The Lower Mississippi River protrudes into the Gulf of Mexico, and manmade levees line only the west...
The system of flood protection surrounding New Orleans and its adjoining parishes prior to Hurricane...
The objective of this paper was to describe the impact of climate change on the Mississippi River fl...
The failure of the New Orleans regional flood protection systems, and the resultant catastrophic flo...
On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. A storm of Katrinas strengt...
Within the fluvial landscape of Louisiana, the levee is the means by which absolute lines are drawn ...
This thesis explores the relationship between water infrastructure, ecological change, and the polit...
The Mississippi River Plug-In is a project that addresses coastal urbanism and resiliency beyond phy...
Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge breached floodwalls and levees surrounding New Orleans, causing wid...
Coordinated responses to flooding in the New Orleans area date back to at least the early 18th centu...
Plaquemines section. Historically, sustained easterly winds from hurricanes have directed surge acro...
The failure of the New Orleans regional flood protection systems, and the resultant catastrophic flo...
This paper reports a reconnaissance level study of a storm surge barrier in the Mississippi River. H...
New Orleans, Louisiana USA is on the banks of the massive Mississippi River and its history is inext...
For many years the lower Mississippi River valley has been in constant danger from high water causin...
The Lower Mississippi River protrudes into the Gulf of Mexico, and manmade levees line only the west...
The system of flood protection surrounding New Orleans and its adjoining parishes prior to Hurricane...
The objective of this paper was to describe the impact of climate change on the Mississippi River fl...
The failure of the New Orleans regional flood protection systems, and the resultant catastrophic flo...
On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. A storm of Katrinas strengt...
Within the fluvial landscape of Louisiana, the levee is the means by which absolute lines are drawn ...
This thesis explores the relationship between water infrastructure, ecological change, and the polit...
The Mississippi River Plug-In is a project that addresses coastal urbanism and resiliency beyond phy...
Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge breached floodwalls and levees surrounding New Orleans, causing wid...
Coordinated responses to flooding in the New Orleans area date back to at least the early 18th centu...
Plaquemines section. Historically, sustained easterly winds from hurricanes have directed surge acro...
The failure of the New Orleans regional flood protection systems, and the resultant catastrophic flo...
This paper reports a reconnaissance level study of a storm surge barrier in the Mississippi River. H...