6 Pardee Keynote Symposia: Reducing Vulnerability of Gulf Coast Communities to Hurricane Impacts and Sea-Level Rise: Are Large Scale Restoration and Engineering the Answer?

Tuesday, 7 October 2008
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  Redirecting the Mississippi River – System Level Management for the 21st Century
  Harold Wanless, Univ of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
  144941 (Overarching Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  Sustaining Coastal Wetlands: Sea-Level, Sediments and Society
  Denise J. Reed, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
  144933 (Overarching Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  The First Line of Defense: Louisiana's Barrier Islands
  Asbury Sallenger, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL
  144934 (Overarching Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  Influence of Wetland Restoration and Degradation on Storm Surge and Waves
  Ty Wamsley, US Army Engineer Rsch and Development Ctr, Vicksburg, MS and Bruce Ebersole, Vicksburg, MS
  152551 (Overarching Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  Using Science and Engineering to Further Coastal Restoration in Louisiana
  Garret Graves, Louisiana Office of the Governor, Baton Rouge, LA
  152487 (Overarching Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  Restoring Coastal Louisiana Will Not Guarantee the Protection of Infrastructure from Storms: Policy Makers Should Also Plan for Strategic Relocation of Critical Infrastructure and Vulnerable Communities
  Robert S. Young, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and David M. Bush, State Univ. of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
  144935 (Overarching Sessions)