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Abstract
We show in this chapter that the New Orleans storm surge problem in Hurricane Katrina was the result of an improper benefit-cost analysis. The conclusion is that the least cost alternative was the construction of barriers that block a storm surge, thus reducing or eliminating the costs of property damage, environmental damage, and deaths and injuries. The Dutch experience with the Delta Plan is one of the bases for our opinion on this. Katrina represented a failure to establish meaningful standards to guide the process. A lack of use of those engineering standards with economic and political reality caused the disaster.
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