Download or read book Assessment of Wetland Change in Southwestern Barataria Basin Louisiana Using Historical Photography and a Geographic Information System written by Charles E. Sasser and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment of Change in the Marshes of Southwestern Barataria Basin Louisiana Using Historical Aerial Photographs and a Spatial Information System written by Malcolm David Dozier and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract.
Download or read book Integration of Remote Sensed Data in Geographic Information Systems for Processing of Global Resource Information written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wetland Change in Southwestern Barataria Basin Louisiana 1945 1980 written by Malcolm David Dozier and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Barataria Preserve Unit written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book America s Wetland written by Mike Dunne and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With America's Wetland, award-winning photographer Bevil Knapp and veteran reporter Mike Dunne sound the clarion call of the catastrophic effects of Louisiana's vanishing coastline -- not just for Louisiana but for the nation and the world. This vital landscape known as America's Wetland is currently disappearing at a rate of twenty-four square miles per year and could lose another five to seven hundred square miles in the next fifty years if no action is taken. New Orleans could become "America's Atlantis," one of the country's unique cultures lost forever. Knapp's beautiful, sometimes startling photographs and Dunne's incisive commentary bring the urgency of this problem into full view. Documented here is a way of life that is quickly waning. Fishermen, oyster farmers, cattle ranchers, oil industry workers, shipbuilders, and tugboat captains are all heavily dependent on Louisiana's coastal territory in bringing the people of the United States a host of products and services sometimes taken for granted. Home to nearly two million residents, the state's wetland serves as protection from hurricanes and storm surges and acts as a buffer for the city of New Orleans, identified by the National Hurricane Center as the city most threatened by the loss of America's Wetland. The book makes clear that as coastal erosion in Louisiana worsens at an alarming rate, the nation's economic and energy security is put at ever-higher risk and the environmental repercussions become unthinkable. Aerial photographs show how the oil and gas infrastructure is becoming increasingly exposed to the Gulf. Wells, pipelines, ports, roads, and levees that are key to delivering energy to the nation have been made vulnerable. Louisiana wetlands are the natural nursery ground for much of the country's seafood and the wintering habitat for more than five million waterfowl and migratory birds. Stunning photographs of owls, pelicans, egret, crab, crawfish, and alligators illustrate the vast array of wildlife whose home -- if not very survival -- is endangered by the possible collapse of this intricate ecosystem. America's Wetland not only maps the causes and effects of Louisiana's diminishing coast but also outlines restorative and conservation initiatives such as tree planting, rebuilding fisheries, and setting aside wildlife refuges. With the active support of all Americans, there is still hope that this imperiled border of the country can be saved.
Download or read book Drawing Louisiana s New Map written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-03-23 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past 50 years, coastal Louisiana has suffered catastrophic land loss due to both natural and human causes. This loss has increased storm vulnerability and amplified risks to lives, property, and economies-a fact underscored by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Drawing Louisiana's New Map reviews a restoration plan proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Louisiana, finding that, although the individual projects in the study are scientifically sound, there should be more and larger scale projects that provide a comprehensive approach to addressing land loss over such a large area. More importantly, the study should be guided by a detailed map of the expected future landscape of coastal Louisiana that is developed from agreed upon goals for the region and the nation.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Conference on Coastal Erosion and Wetland Modification in Louisiana written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Office of Biological Services and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Hedonic Analysis of Southwestern Louisiana Wetland Prices Using GIS written by Baifu Xu and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wetland and Vegetation Changes in Southwestern Barataria Bay Louisiana 1945 1985 written by D. Elaine Evers and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of Change in Marsh Types of Coastal Louisiana 1978 2001 written by U.S. Department of the Interior and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists and geographers have provided multiple datasets and maps to document temporal changes in vegetation types and land-water relationships in coastal Louisiana. Although these maps provide useful historical information, technological limitations prevented these and other mapping efforts from providing sufficiently detailed calculations of areal changes and shifts in habitat coverage. The current analysis of habitat change draws upon these past mapping efforts but is based on an advanced, geographic information system dataset that was created by using Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper imagery and digital orthophoto quarter quadrangles.
Download or read book The Ecology of Barataria Basin Louisiana written by William H. Conner and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marsh Mission written by Rhea Gary and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature photographer Lockwood and painter Gary joined forces for this photographic and oil-painting chronicle of the endangered Louisiana coastal wetlands, which are quickly disappearing at a rate of a football field-size area every 38 minutes.
Download or read book Environment and Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Barataria Basin written by Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. Center for Wetland Resources and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wet Lands of Southern Louisiana and Their Drainage Classic Reprint written by Charles William Okey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Wet Lands of Southern Louisiana and Their Drainage As shown by the accompanying map (fig. The area under consideration lies on the immediate Gulf coast. A range of hills running eastward from Baton Rouge, the State capital to Lake Pontchartrain, forms with the lake the northern boundary of the port1on lying east of the Mississippi River. Most of the land in this area is from 1 to 3 feet above sea level, with a very small per centage lying along the river and the larger bayous having an elevation of from 4 to 15 feet above sea level. Tothe westward, between the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya Rivers, the land gradually rises from sea level along the Gulf to an elevation of perhaps 15 or 20 feet along a line drawn from Baton Rouge to Lafayette, except that in the immediate vicinity of the Atchafalaya River the land is but very little above sea level. As in the area to the east of the Mississippi River, there is in this section a small percentage of higher land along the rivers and bayous. To the westward of the Atchafalaya River there is a strip of swamp land which borders the coast line and which gradually rises from sea level to approximately 10 or 15 feet above, at a distance of 20 or 30 miles inland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
