Potential impacts of long-term subsidence on the wetlands and evacuation routes in coastal Louisiana

GeoJournal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 641-655

  Kent, Joshua David ^a   Dokka, Roy K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Flood hazards; Forecasts; Inundation; Orthometric elevation; Storm surge; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; FLOOD HAZARDS; INUNDATION; ORTHOMETRIC ELEVATION; STORM SURGES;

FLOODS; FORECASTING; HAZARDS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STORMS; TRANSPORTATION; WETLANDS;

SUBSIDENCE;

COASTAL ZONE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBSIDENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WETLAND;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882859735     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-012-9457-7     Document Type: Article

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