Restoration of the Mississippi Delta: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

被引:514
作者
Day, John W., Jr. [1 ]
Boesch, Donald F.
Clairain, Ellis J.
Kemp, G. Paul
Laska, Shirley B.
Mitsch, William J.
Orth, Kenneth
Mashriqui, Hassan
Reed, Denise J.
Shabman, Leonard
Simenstad, Charles A.
Streever, Bill J.
Twilley, Robert R.
Watson, Chester C.
Wells, John T.
Whigham, Dennis F.
机构
[1] Louisiana State Univ, Dept Oceanog & Coastal Sci, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
[2] Univ Maryland, Ctr Environm Sci, Cambridge, MD 21613 USA
[3] USA, Corps Engineers, Engineer Res & Dev Ctr, Vicksburg, MS 39180 USA
[4] Louisiana State Univ, Hurricane Ctr, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
[5] Univ New Orleans, Dept Sociol, New Orleans, LA 70148 USA
[6] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43202 USA
[7] USA, Inst Water Resources, Corps Engineers, Alexandria, VA 22315 USA
[8] Louisiana State Univ, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
[9] Univ New Orleans, Dept Geol & Geophys, New Orleans, LA 70148 USA
[10] Resources Future Inc, Washington, DC 20036 USA
[11] Univ Washington, Sch Aquat & Fishery Sci, Seattle, WA 98015 USA
[12] BP Explorat Alaska, Anchorage, AK 99519 USA
[13] Colorado State Univ, Engn Res Ctr, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[14] Virginia Inst Marine Sci, Gloucester Point, VA 23062 USA
[15] Smithsonian Environm Res Ctr, Edgewater, MD 21037 USA
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D O I
10.1126/science.1137030
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita showed the vulnerability of coastal communities and how human activities that caused deterioration of the Mississippi Deltaic Plain (MDP) exacerbated this vulnerability. The MDP formed by dynamic interactions between river and coast at various temporal and spatial scales, and human activity has reduced these interactions at all scales. Restoration efforts aim to re-establish this dynamic interaction, with emphasis on reconnecting the river to the deltaic plain. Science must guide MDP restoration, which will provide insights into delta restoration elsewhere and generally into coasts facing climate change in times of resource scarcity.
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页码:1679 / 1684
页数:6
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