Cost analysis of water and sediment diversions to optimize land building in the Mississippi River delta

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3388-3405

  Kenney, Melissa A ^a,b   Hobbs, Benjamin F ^a,b   Mohrig, David ^b,c   Huang, Hongtai ^a   Nittrouer, Jeffrey A ^b,d   Kim, Wonsuck ^c   Parker, Gary ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal restoration; controlled avulsion; cost effectiveness; diversions; land building; Mississippi River delta; scale economies and diseconomies

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RESTORATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COASTAL RESTORATIONS; CONTROLLED AVULSION; DIVERSIONS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; SCALE ECONOMIES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT LOSS; LAND RECLAMATION; OPTIMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; VOLUME;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881061353     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20139     Document Type: Article

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