Levee Decisions and Sustainability for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

• Main Authors: Robyn J Suddeth, Jeff Mount, Jay R Lund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2010
• Subjects: levee; decision analysis; reliability; policy; Delta; Biogeochemistry; Econometrics and Quantitative Economics; Environmental Policy; Geophysics and Seismology; eco; envir; Four Islands; Delta Island
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/7ac4ae67e87c4f3684a2da3804aaaa13

California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has fragile levees subject to several trends that make them increasingly prone to failure. To assess the likely extent of Delta island flooding, this study presents an economic decision analysis approach for evaluating Delta levee upgrade and repair decision...