New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina. II: The central region and the lower ninth ward

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 718-739

  Seed, R B ^a   Bea, R G ^a   Athanasopoulos Zekkos, A ^a   Boutwell, G P ^b   Bray, J D ^a   Cheung, C ^c   Cobos Roa, D ^d   Ehrensing, L ^e   Harder Jr , L F ^a   Reimer, M F ^a   Rogers, J D ^f   Storesund, R ^g   Vera Grunauer, X ^h   Wartman, J ⁱ  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b Ardaman and Associates Inc Baton Rouge   (United States)

^c HDR Inc   (United States)

^d URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^e HDR Incorporated   (United States)

^f University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^g Rune Storesund   (United States)

^h CVA Consulting Group   (Ecuador)

ⁱ Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Failures; Floods; Hurricanes; Louisiana

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOODS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; LEVEES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

REGIONAL FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEMS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DESIGN FLOOD; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LEVEE; MAINTENANCE; METROPOLITAN AREA;

GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT BERNARD PARISH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549159826     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:5(718)     Document Type: Article

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