Restoring the sustainability of the Mississippi River Delta

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 131-146

  Kemp, G Paul ^a   Day, John W ^a   Freeman, Angelina M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal restoration; Energy scarcity; Mississippi delta; Mississippi river and tributaries

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DREDGING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HURRICANES; NAVIGATION; RESTORATION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS; LANDFORMS; REPAIR;

COASTAL RESTORATIONS; ENERGY SCARCITY; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATIONS; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; RESTORATION STRATEGIES;

RIVERS;

BARRIER ISLAND; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DELTA; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FLOOD CONTROL; HURRICANE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; OPEN WATER; POWER GENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRIBUTARY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DREDGING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HABITAT RESTORATION; MARSH;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

ORNITHOPUS PERPUSILLUS;

EID: 84900559339     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.055     Document Type: Article

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