Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 1:45 PM
Convention Center, Room R02, Second Floor
234: Symposium--Katrina Disaster and Sustainable Coastal Development: An Integrated Perspective and the Role of Land and Water Sciences. I
Sponsor:Z04 Katrina Disaster and Sustainable Coastal Development
Cosponsors:A05 Environmental Quality; A07 Agricultural Research Station Management; S01 Soil Physics; S05 Pedology; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation; S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils; S11 Soils & Environmental Quality
Presidings:Henry Lin, The Pennsylvania State University
Richard Keim, Louisiana State Univ.
Steven Hamburg, Brown University
1:45 PM Introductory Remarks
1:50 PM234-1Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans: Science and Restoration Policy.
Charles "Chip" Groat, Jackson School of Geosciences, Univ. of Texas at Austin
2:15 PM234-2The Sociopolitical-Scientific Process in Coastal Wetland Restoration.
William L. Jenkins, Louisiana State Univ. System
2:35 PM234-3Anatomy of a Disaster: What We Learn from Katrina.
Ed Link, Univ. of Maryland
2:55 PM234-4Drawing Louisiana's New Map: Addressing Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana and Related Knowledge Gaps.
Robert Dean, Civil and Coastal Engineering
3:15 PM234-5Hurricane Disaster Response Maps of NRCS and the Role of Soil Science in the Politics of Natural Resources Conservation.
William Puckett, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Christopher Smith, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Karl Hipple, USDA-NRCS
3:35 PM Discussion
3:45 PM Adjourn
Cosponsors:A05 Environmental Quality; A07 Agricultural Research Station Management; S01 Soil Physics; S05 Pedology; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation; S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils; S11 Soils & Environmental Quality

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