| Titre : | Overview of new orleans levee failures : lessons learned and their impact on national levee design and assessment (2008) |
| Auteurs : | G. L. Sills, Auteur ; N. D. Vroman, Auteur ; R. E. Wahl, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering (Vol. 134 N°5, Mai 2008) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 556–565 |
| Note générale : | Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Levees Failures Risk management Louisiana |
| Résumé : | 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. |
| En ligne : | http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%291090-0241%282008%29134%3A5%28556%29 |
