Planning tool to support Louisiana's decisionmaking on coastal protection and restoration : technical description / David G. Groves, Christopher Sharon, Debra Knopman
- Author
- Groves, David G.
- Published
- Santa Monica CA : Rand Corporation, 2012.
- Physical Description
- xxi, 82 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Sharon, Christopher, Knopman, Debra S., and Louisiana. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction -- Planning Objectives -- Planning Under Uncertainty -- Purpose of the Planning Tool -- ch. Two Model Description and Assumptions -- Predictive Modeling Framework -- Formulation of Alternatives -- Basis of the Approach in Decision Theory -- Objective Function and Developing Alternatives Using Optimization -- Risk-Reduction Decision Driver -- Land-Building Decision Driver -- Objective Function -- Metrics and Decision Criteria -- Metrics -- Decision Criteria -- Constraints -- Financial and Natural Resource Constraints -- Mutually Exclusive Project and Project Inclusion or Exclusion Constraints -- Outcome Constraints -- Modeling Projects Under Different Scenarios -- Environmental Scenarios -- Funding Scenarios -- Key Assumptions in the Development of Alternatives -- Risk-Reduction Projects Do Not Affect the Landscape or Ecosystem-Service Metrics, and Restoration Projects and Landscape Changes Do Not Affect Storm-Surge Risk -- Physical and Biological Effects of Individual Projects Are Additive -- Funding Scenarios Are Known -- Funding Is Available for the Entire Implementation Period -- Funding Cannot Be Saved for Use in Later Implementation Periods -- Projects Begin Planning and Design in the First Year of an Implementation Period -- Project Effects Are Offset by Planning, Design, and Construction Time -- Projects Must Continually Operate -- Handling and Processing of Data Within the Planning Tool -- MySQL Database -- Analytica Module -- General Algebraic Modeling System Optimization Module -- Tableau Results Visualizer -- ch. Three Analytic Procedures -- Characterization of Projects -- Project Costs and Duration of Implementation -- Conflicts Among Projects -- Additional Project Attribute Information -- Modeling Project Effects -- Flood Risk-Reduction Effects -- Restoration Project Effects -- Comparison of Individual Projects -- Project Effects on Risk Reduction -- Project Effects on Land and Ecosystem-Service Metrics -- Project Effects Relative to Other Decision Criteria -- Cost-Effectiveness -- Formulation of Alternatives -- Integrated Evaluation of Alternatives -- Evaluation of Selected Alternatives Using Predictive Models Under Uncertainty -- Comparisons of the Alternatives -- ch. Four Analyses to Develop the Master Plan -- Compare Individual Projects -- Formulate Alternatives -- Establish the Funding Target and Funding Split -- Define the Near-Term and Long-Term Balance -- Assess Performance Under Uncertainty -- Develop Alternatives to Meet Master Plan Objectives -- Adjust Alternatives Using Expert Judgment -- Define the Draft Master Plan -- Review Projects and Outcomes for Different Alternatives -- Define the Final Master Plan -- Revise Project Data -- Evaluate Public Comments -- Revise the Draft Alternative for the Final Master Plan -- Review Master Plan Projects and Outcomes -- Post--Master Plan Analysis -- ch. Five Conclusions.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0833076981
9780833076984 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-82).
- Funding Information
- Sponsored by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana.
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