Overview of New Orleans Levee Failures: Lessons Learned and Their Impact on National Levee Design and Assessment

This paper provides an overview of the Southeast Louisiana Flood and Hurricane Protection System that was in place at the time of Hurricane Katrina. Both geography and components of the system are described. A brief description of the development of the storm, the major damage caused, and lessons learned are discussed.

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• Authors:
  • Sills, G L
  • Vroman, N D
  • Wahl, R E
  • Schwanz, N T
• Publication Date: 2008-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Illustrations; Maps; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 556-565
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 134
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation and assessment; Failure; Failure analysis; Flood protection; Hurricanes; Lessons learned; Levees; Risk assessment; Structural design
• Identifier Terms: Hurricane Katrina, 2005
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana; New Orleans (Louisiana)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01100409
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 3 2008 7:26AM