To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, illustrator, ecologist, and native Orleanian Uma Nagendra takes a look at what we’ve learned since Katrina about how wetlands mitigate the devastating impacts of hurricanes.
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References
- Resio, D. T., & Westerink, J. J. (2008). Modeling the physics of storm surges. Physics Today, 61(9), 33-38.
- Farber, S. (1987). The value of coastal wetlands for protection of property against hurricane wind damage. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 14(2), 143-151(paywall)
- Costanza, R., Pérez-Maqueo, O., Martinez, M. L., Sutton, P., Anderson, S. J., & Mulder, K. (2008). The value of coastal wetlands for hurricane protection. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 37(4), 241-248. (paywall)
- Shaffer, G. P., Day Jr, J. W., Mack, S., Kemp, G. P., van Heerden, I., Poirrier, M. A., & Penland, P. S. (2009). The MRGO Navigation Project: a massive human-induced environmental, economic, and storm disaster. Journal of Coastal Research, 206-224.
- Engle, V. D. (2011). Estimating the provision of ecosystem services by Gulf of Mexico coastal wetlands. Wetlands, 31(1), 179-193.
- Masters, J. “Storm surge reduction by wetlands.”
More information and Recommended links
- Shepherd, M. “10 Years later, did we learn anything from Hurricane Katrina?” Forbes, Aug 14, 2015.
- Science Magazine’s special (open access) Hurricane Katrina Collection
- Environmental Protection Agency: “Coastal Wetlands”
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwater/intro/value/ - Environmental Protection Agency. 2001. “Functions and Values of Wetlands.”