The Lake Michigan Potential Damages Study
Publication: Solutions to Coastal Disasters '02
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District and key cooperators are conducting the Lake Michigan Potential Damages Study (LMPDS). Three primary objectives of the study are to develop (1) a lake-wide potential damage model for the prediction of flood, erosion, and low water damages; (2) a set of tools for use by coastal managers and other officials; and (3) a sound understanding of the relationship between Great Lakes water levels and coastal geology, processes, and erosion. This study will create a modeling procedure and engineering/management tool for predicting future shoreline retreat and calculating economic damages due to erosion, lake level changes, environmental, ecological, and related social / cultural impacts. This modeling approach also allows the team to investigate hazard mitigation alternatives, such as a revised approach to permitting or increasing setback planning and adherence policies. Once the study is complete, local communities can use the data and GIS tools developed to enhance coastal planning and management decisions, with the goal of reducing economic losses along the open coast.
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© 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Bodies of water (by type)
- Business management
- Coastal engineering
- Coastal processes
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Decision making
- Decision support systems
- Economic factors
- Erosion
- Federal government
- Geology
- Geotechnical engineering
- Government
- Lakes
- Organizations
- Practice and Profession
- Sea water
- Shoreline protection
- Shores
- Water (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water management
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