Louisiana’s Strategic Adaptations for Future Environments
Louisiana’s Strategic Adaptations for Future Environment (LA SAFE) supplements Louisiana’s 2012 Coastal Master Plan by serving as a generalized framework for land use and community development along Louisiana’s coast. Recognizing that not all vulnerable areas can be protected from flood risks, the report outlines three different development strategies - Retreat, Retrofit, or Resettle. Based upon the expected flood inundation from a 100-year storm event over the next 50 years, the strategies respond to three typological zones:
- Retreat from areas projected to experience more than 14 feet of flood inundation;
- Retrofit places of economic and cultural value projected to experience between 3 and 14 feet of flood inundation; and
- Resettle to maximize underdeveloped areas and high-ground corridors that are projected to experience less than 3 feet of flood inundation.
LA SAFE acknowledges the difficulties around retreat and envisions community-led efforts and population-sensitive strategies to resettle vulnerable coastal populations.
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- State of Louisiana
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