The Value of Wetlands in Protecting Southeast Louisiana from Hurricane Storm Surges

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Barbier, Edward B ^a   Georgiou, Ioannis Y ^b   Enchelmeyer, Brian ^a   Reed, Denise J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; HURRICANE; PROPERTY DAMAGE; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CYCLONIC STORMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; WETLANDS;

EID: 84874899175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058715     Document Type: Article

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