Abstract
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall to the east of New Orleans. The resulting flooding, devastation, and deaths that have been widely reported in both the technical and popular press represent a major failure of the engineering, societal, and political systems. Precisely what happened, how could it have been prevented or mitigated, and what can be done to prevent similar failures in the future are subjects of continual investigation and controversy to this day. At least five committees or commissions have looked into the engineering aspects of Hurricane Katrina:
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Christian, J. T. (2008). Overview of Katrina Special Issue. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 134(5), 555–555. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)1090-0241(2008)134:5(555)
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