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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7249/RR1988
来源IDRR-1988-CPRA
Reducing Coastal Flood Risk with a Lake Pontchartrain Barrier
Jordan R. Fischbach; David R. Johnson; Edmundo Molina-Perez
发表日期2017-08-04
出版年2017
页码56
语种英语
结论

A Barrier Could Substantially Reduce Damage in Southeastern Louisiana

  • A Lake Pontchartrain barrier could provide substantial damage reduction benefits for southeastern Louisiana, with median expected annual damage reduction benefits ranging from $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion per year.
  • A barrier could also lower future design height requirements for the Greater New Orleans hurricane protection system along the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, although it could also increase design heights for the eastern face of the system or otherwise necessitate additional levee armoring in other locations.

A Barrier Could Somewhat Increase Damage Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast

  • All barrier alignments considered increased flood damage in coastal Mississippi compared with a future without action but at a level several orders of magnitude lower than the damage reduction benefits estimated for southeastern Louisiana.
  • Damage inducement was typically low for the best-performing alignment options compared with total flood damage risk for the three Mississippi coastal counties, with total damage increases ranging from 1 to 2 percent.

Overall, a Low Barrier Provides the Best Balance of Benefits and Induced Damage

  • A barrier option that includes Highway 90 with its current crown and 2-ft. gates yields median expected annual damage reduction of $1.2 billion, nearly as high as alignments with higher crowns and higher gates.
  • The low barrier also yields the least induced damage for coastal Mississippi, approximately $22 million in total across all three counties (1-percent increase).
摘要

This report describes the results of an evaluation conducted in advance of analysis supporting Louisiana's 2017 Coastal Master Plan. It includes estimates of the potential benefits for coastal Louisiana from a barrier across the mouth of Lake Pontchartrain, including reduced storm surge and wave heights, flood depths, and direct economic damage. The analysis compared five different barrier options in one future scenario reflecting sea level rise and coastal land subsidence conditions 50 years from today. It also includes new estimates of the potential induced economic damage from the proposed barrier options to Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties in Mississippi, as well as to St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes in Louisiana.

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Results show that a Lake Pontchartrain barrier could provide substantial damage reduction benefits for southeastern Louisiana, with median expected annual damage reduction benefits ranging from $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion per year. All barrier alignments considered increased flood damage in coastal Mississippi compared with a future without action, but damage inducement was typically low for the best-performing alignment options compared with total flood damage risk for the three Mississippi coastal counties. A barrier option that includes Highway 90 with its current crown and 2-ft. gates produces damage reduction nearly as high as alignments with higher crowns and higher gates, with the lowest induced damage effects on neighboring Louisiana parishes and Mississippi coastal counties. CPRA included the alignment as part of the formal 2017 assessment and ultimately selected this project for implementation as part of the final 2017 Coastal Master Plan.

目录
  • Chapter One

    Introduction

  • Chapter Two

    Methods and Data Sources

  • Chapter Three

    Results from Proposed Barrier Alignments

  • Chapter Four

    Discussion and Next Steps

主题Flooding ; Infrastructure ; Mississippi ; New Orleans
URLhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1988.html
来源智库RAND Corporation (United States)
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Jordan R. Fischbach,David R. Johnson,Edmundo Molina-Perez. Reducing Coastal Flood Risk with a Lake Pontchartrain Barrier. 2017.
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