scholarly journals INVESTIGATING LOW-CRESTED BREAKWATER PERFORMANCE FOR THE DESIGN OF THE NEW ORLEANS MUNICIPAL YACHT HARBOR

2018 ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Kevin Hanegan ◽  
Adrian Pearson ◽  
Chris Williams
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Lake Pontchartrain ◽  
The South ◽  
Hydrodynamic Study ◽  
South Shore

The New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor (MYH) is located on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, 6 miles north of downtown New Orleans. The harbor was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and recent city planning efforts have proposed reconstruction of the harbor interior. Moffatt & Nichol led the design, including the hydrodynamic study which established the marine design criteria. The site is exposed to high surge events which can inundate the harbor’s broad, low-crested earthen breakwater and allow waves to transmit directly into the interior.

HURRICANE KATRINA AND NEW ORLEANIANS' SENSE OF PLACE: Return and Reconstitution or “Gone with the Wind”?

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
William W. Falk ◽  
Matthew O. Hunt ◽  
Larry L. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Return Migration ◽  
Census Data ◽  
The South ◽  
Gone With The Wind ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
The City

This paper explores some implications of Hurricane Katrina, especially as it affected, and will continue to affect, African Americans. Our observations stem largely from our ongoing examination of the demography of African Americans, including motivations to leave the South historically, and recent changes generating a significant “return migration” of African Americans to the South. The specific case of Katrina-related migration requires examining issues of race and class—including the destinations to which Katrina's victims were displaced and key features of the place to which they might return. We leave for others the evaluation of ongoing political debates concerning responsibility for who did what, and why. Our focus is on New Orleans as a place, and what prospects exist for reconstituting that place in light of past, present, and prospective demographic trends. We first review recent work on place and identity, and describe the general features of past migration patterns of African Americans—both from the South and back to the South. We then identify important features of New Orleans as a distinctive place on the U.S. landscape, in part by comparing New Orleans with other southern cities using the 1% Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) sample of 2000 U.S. Census data. Finally, we assess the prospects of the reconstitution of New Orleans as a place resembling what it was prior to Katrina, by examining the intersecting factors of race, class, and ethnicity in shaping how, and by whom, the city may be resettled. We project that the city will be smaller, more White and Hispanic, more affluent, and more tourism/ entertainment-oriented than its pre-Katrina reality. Given the difficulty of making such projections, we conclude with an analysis of various demographic portraits of what the racial composition of New Orleans may become, depending on (1) its future size, and (2) relative rates of return migration by White and Black New Orleanians.

Seasonal Analysis of Water Quality along the South Shore of Lake Pontchartrain

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Carnelos ◽  
Donald E. Barbe' ◽  
J. Alex McCorquodale
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Lake Pontchartrain ◽  
The South ◽  
South Shore ◽  
Seasonal Analysis

scholarly journals A LIST OF COLEOPTERA COLLECTED IN LOUISIANA, ON OR SOUTH OF PARALLEL 30°

1885 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 66-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. T. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
New Orleans ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Lake Pontchartrain ◽  
The South ◽  
The City ◽  
South Louisiana

The following species were collected, from 29th March to 21st June, 1884, along the thirtieth parallel in two neighborhoods, New Orleans and environs, and a district on Bayou la Fourche extending from a little above Napoleonville a few miles south along the bayou. The latter is in Assumption Parish, and at the time of my visit was partially overflowed from the great crevasse of March, 1884. Though many of the species here given are well known to occur in the South Louisiana fauna, I give them all just as I collected them, with the view of noting their relative abundance or rarity, dates of occurrence, localities, etc., all of which together may contribute to make our knowledge of the fauna more complete. But it must be remembered that this is merely a record of how the species occurred to me during my stay, in which I collected only a small part of what might have been taken, could I have given my entire attention thereto. Nearly all those of the N. O. neighborhood were taken between the city and Lake Pontchartrain.

Human-Environment Interactions: A Plea for the Humanities

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Tuana
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Human Environment

Research on human-environment interactions often neglects the resources of the humanities. Hurricane Katrina and the resulting levee breaches in New Orleans offer a case study on the need for inclusion of the humanities in the study of human-environment interactions, particularly the resources they provide in examining ethics and value concerns. Methods from the humanities, when developed in partnership with those from the sciences and social sciences, can provide a more accurate, effective, and just response to the scientific and technological challenges we face as a global community.

Emotional Public: Treme as Post-Katrina Trauma Narrative

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-49
Author(s):  
Outi J. Hakola
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
Trauma Narrative

Cultural traumas are social, discursive and narrative processes where traumatic events, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and their memories are described and interpreted. In fiction, in this case in HBO’s drama series Treme (2010-2013), trauma-related experiences are given meaning through narration, and in this mediation process collective memories are constructed. In this article, I analyze the ways in which the narration of Treme represents loss and remembering. I argue that by emphasizing sentimental nostalgia and the emotional reactions of the characters, the narration aims to create sympathy and empathy in the viewers, and in this way the drama series creates an emotional public sphere for the discussions over the rebuilding of post-Katrina New Orleans.

WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN THE SOUTH SHORE ESTUARIES OF LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebeka Smith ◽  
◽  
Thomas Badamo ◽  
David J. Barclay ◽  
Devorah Crupar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
New York ◽  
Long Island ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
The South ◽  
South Shore
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