Louisiana's 2012 coastal master plan: Overview of a science-based and publicly informed decision-making process

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 67, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Peyronnin, Natalie ^a   Green, Mandy ^a   Richards, Carol Parsons ^a   Owens, Alaina ^b   Reed, Denise ^b   Chamberlain, Joanne ^c   Groves, David G ^d   Rhinehart, William K ^e   Belhadjali, Karim ^a  

^a Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority   (United States)

^b The Water Institute of the Gulf   (United States)

^c BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

^d EnergyCoast LLC   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal planning; ecosystem services; protection; Restoration; risk reduction

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STAKEHOLDER;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883176708     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI_67_1.1     Document Type: Article

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