Fall 2006-Curtis and Edith Munson Conservation Lecture Series
Coastal Vulnerability: Lessons Learned from New Orleans, the Gulf Coast Wetlands, and Hurricane Katrina. Can A Crisis Bring About Change?
Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall
205 Propect Street
New Haven, Connecticut
This weekly lecture series will focus on the vulnerable Gulf coastal environment, and explore the question of how the natural and built environments can coexist among the formidable forces of rising seas, coastal degradation, and the Mississippi River.
Light refreshments served.
Lectures open to the university community and public.
For more information, contact Martha Smith, Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems.
Email: martha.smith@yale.edu or
Phone: (203) 432-3026
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September 13, 2006: Dr. Don Davis, Research Professor, Louisiana Applied Oil Spill Research and Development Program, Louisiana State University
Alligators, Muskrats, Oil, Hurricanes and People: The Changing Louisiana Coastal Landscape
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September 20, 2006: Dr. Roy Dokka, Director of Louisiana Spatial Reference Center, and the Center for GeoInformatics, Louisiana State University.
Losing Land: Underlying geologic and anthropomorphic vulnerabilities of the Louisiana Coast revealed by geodetic studies
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September 27, 2006: Dr. Lewis E. Link, Senior Research Engineer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland.
Anatomy of a Disaster, What We Learned from Katrina
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October 4, 2006: Dr. Denise Reed, Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, University of New Orleans
A Sustainable Coastal Louisiana: What will it take to get there?
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October 11, 2006: Dr. Roelof Stuurman, Netherlands TNO
The Vulnerability of the Netherlands: Past vs. Future, and Zeeland 1953 vs. New Orleans 2005
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October 18, 2006: Dr. Rex Caffey, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Louisiana State University and Louisiana Sea Grant
The State of Gulf of Mexico Fisheries: Reconciling Disaster Recovery and Ecosystem Restoration
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October 25, 2006: Dr. Richard F. Keim, Assistant Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University.
Sustainability of Louisiana Coastal Wetland Forests
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November 1, 2006: Mr. Mark Davis, Executive Director, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.
From Spark to Flame–The Public Interest Role in Coastal Restoration and the Future of South Louisiana
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November 8, 2006: Dr. Diane Austin, Associate Research Anthropologist, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona
Living with Oil and Gas: The Effects of Petroleum on Louisiana
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November 15, 2006: Dr. Eugene Turner, Professor, Louisiana State University
Understanding Causes to Understand Remedy: Above Else, Do No Harm
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November 29, 2006: Dr. Barbara Best, CoastalResources and Policy Advisor, Office of Natural Resources Management, Bureay for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, U.S. Agency for International Development
Recovering from the Asian Tsunami: Policies, Processes, Culture and Conflict
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December 6, 2006: Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
KEYNOTE: Lessons from Katrina: Will crisis bring about significant policy changes that address coastal vulnerability?
Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall
205 Propect Street
New Haven, Connecticut
This weekly lecture series will focus on the vulnerable Gulf coastal environment, and explore the question of how the natural and built environments can coexist among the formidable forces of rising seas, coastal degradation, and the Mississippi River.
Light refreshments served.
Lectures open to the university community and public.
For more information, contact Martha Smith, Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems.
Email: martha.smith@yale.edu or
Phone: (203) 432-3026
_____________________________________________________________________
September 13, 2006: Dr. Don Davis, Research Professor, Louisiana Applied Oil Spill Research and Development Program, Louisiana State University
Alligators, Muskrats, Oil, Hurricanes and People: The Changing Louisiana Coastal Landscape
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 20, 2006: Dr. Roy Dokka, Director of Louisiana Spatial Reference Center, and the Center for GeoInformatics, Louisiana State University.
Losing Land: Underlying geologic and anthropomorphic vulnerabilities of the Louisiana Coast revealed by geodetic studies
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 27, 2006: Dr. Lewis E. Link, Senior Research Engineer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland.
Anatomy of a Disaster, What We Learned from Katrina
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 4, 2006: Dr. Denise Reed, Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, University of New Orleans
A Sustainable Coastal Louisiana: What will it take to get there?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 11, 2006: Dr. Roelof Stuurman, Netherlands TNO
The Vulnerability of the Netherlands: Past vs. Future, and Zeeland 1953 vs. New Orleans 2005
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October 18, 2006: Dr. Rex Caffey, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Louisiana State University and Louisiana Sea Grant
The State of Gulf of Mexico Fisheries: Reconciling Disaster Recovery and Ecosystem Restoration
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October 25, 2006: Dr. Richard F. Keim, Assistant Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University.
Sustainability of Louisiana Coastal Wetland Forests
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November 1, 2006: Mr. Mark Davis, Executive Director, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.
From Spark to Flame–The Public Interest Role in Coastal Restoration and the Future of South Louisiana
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November 8, 2006: Dr. Diane Austin, Associate Research Anthropologist, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona
Living with Oil and Gas: The Effects of Petroleum on Louisiana
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November 15, 2006: Dr. Eugene Turner, Professor, Louisiana State University
Understanding Causes to Understand Remedy: Above Else, Do No Harm
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
November 29, 2006: Dr. Barbara Best, CoastalResources and Policy Advisor, Office of Natural Resources Management, Bureay for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, U.S. Agency for International Development
Recovering from the Asian Tsunami: Policies, Processes, Culture and Conflict
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December 6, 2006: Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
KEYNOTE: Lessons from Katrina: Will crisis bring about significant policy changes that address coastal vulnerability?
