Reconnaissance of levee failures after hurricane Katrina

Autor:	Francisco Silva-Tulla, Peter G. Nicholson
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	education.field_of_study Geography Operations research Hurricane katrina Flood myth Flooding (psychology) Levee Failure Forensic engineering Mechanism analysis education Role engineering Civil and Structural Engineering
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering. 161:124-131
ISSN:	1751-7672 0965-089X
DOI:	10.1680/cien.2008.161.3.124
Popis:	A volunteer team of engineers from the American Society of Civil Engineers visited New Orleans shortly after the catastrophic flooding caused by hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005. Their mission was to make an independent initial assessment of the failed, US Army-engineered levees and floodwalls, as well as to collect perishable data to help provide answers to one of the worst civil engineering disasters in history. This paper reports on their observations and shows that they compared favourably with the findings of later in-depth investigations, to which the team also contributed valuable forensic data. It highlights the vital role engineering institutions can play in helping both the profession and society understand and learn from disasters.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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