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Restoring resilience to the Gulf of Mexico coast

Circular 1306-1A
This report is Chapter 1A in Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005. See Circular 1306 for more information and other chapters.
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https://doi.org/10.3133/cir13061A

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Abstract

Hurricane Katrina and its destructive aftermath in 2005 were unprecedented. Hurricanes Dennis, Rita, and Wilma were also powerful hurricanes affecting the Gulf of Mexico that year. These storms highlighted the need to integrate science that supports restoration of natural landscapes with intelligent coastal planning. The following essay describes both the value and vulnerability of the Gulf of Mexico's northern coast before the storms and the current need to connect science to the human dimension of restoring the coastal landscape. Readers are invited to ponder these concepts as they read the rest of the articles in this report that describe the scientific activities that the U.S. Geological Survey performed in late 2005 and early 2006.

Suggested Citation

Smith, G.J., 2007, Restoring resilience to the Gulf of Mexico coast: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1306, i, 5 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir13061A.

ISSN: 2330-5703 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Restoring resilience to the Gulf of Mexico coast
Series title Circular
Series number 1306
Chapter 1A
DOI 10.3133/cir13061A
Year Published 2007
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Eastern Ecological Science Center
Description i, 5 p.
Larger Work Type Report
Larger Work Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Larger Work Title Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005 (Circular 1306)
First page i
Last page 5
Country United States
State Louisiana
Other Geospatial Northern Gulf Of Mexico
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