Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System program

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The Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System program is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initiative designed to strengthen and modernize flood and storm surge defenses in the New Orleans region following Hurricane Katrina.

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instanceOf U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project ⓘ
flood risk reduction program ⓘ
infrastructure modernization initiative ⓘ
abbreviation HSDRRS ⓘ
administeredUnder U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program ⓘ
appliesTo Jefferson Parish ⓘ
Orleans Parish ⓘ
Plaquemines Parish ⓘ
St. Bernard Parish ⓘ
St. Charles Parish ⓘ
beneficiary critical infrastructure in New Orleans region ⓘ
residents of Greater New Orleans ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designStandard 1-percent-annual-chance storm protection ⓘ
100-year level of storm surge risk reduction ⓘ
fundedBy State of Louisiana cost-sharing ⓘ
federal government of the United States ⓘ
hasLongName Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System ⓘ
implementedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District ⓘ
includes armoring and armoring improvements ⓘ
floodgates ⓘ
floodwalls ⓘ
interior drainage improvements ⓘ
levees ⓘ
pump stations ⓘ
storm surge barriers ⓘ
locatedIn Greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System ⓘ
New Orleans metropolitan area ⓘ
southeast Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: southern Louisiana
motivatedBy Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
purpose improve resilience to major hurricanes ⓘ
protect lives and property in the New Orleans region ⓘ
reduce flood risk ⓘ
reduce hurricane storm surge risk ⓘ
strengthen and modernize levee and floodwall systems ⓘ
regulates storm surge pathways into New Orleans region ⓘ
relatedTo Mississippi River and Tributaries Project ⓘ
coastal storm risk management ⓘ
riskTypeAddressed hurricane storm surge ⓘ
riverine and interior flooding ⓘ
sector disaster risk reduction ⓘ
water resources infrastructure ⓘ
significantEvent post-Katrina reconstruction of New Orleans hurricane protection system ⓘ
startTime mid-2000s ⓘ
timePeriod post-2005 era ⓘ

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New Orleans levee system → upgradedBy → Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System program ⓘ
New Orleans levee system → associatedWith → Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System program
Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System program → hasLongName → Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System program