CSS Books + Manuals

  • Creating Resilient Communities
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  • Local Strategies for Resilience Planning in Louisiana
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  • Losing Ground: Methods for Leeville
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  • Wax Lake Delta: Architecture of Wet Land Building – Design Proposals
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  • Wax Lake Delta: Architecture of Wet Land Building – Research
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  • Wax Lake Delta: Fabricating the Delta
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  • The Coastal Sustainability Studio – A Collection of Works: 2009-2015

    A guidebook for communities in Louisiana and beyond looking to reduce vulnerabilities to natural hazards and increase resilience at the community level

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Publications

  • Papers

    Birch, Carney (2016) “(Re)Shaping the Development Discussion: Connecting Elected Officials and Resilience Experts in Coastal Louisiana”, Carolina Planning Journal, 2017

  • Papers

    Dykema, Carney, O’Meara “Marrakech to Sahara: The Outlier’s body as Measure of Terrain”. Journal of Landscape Architecture, 2010

  • Journal

    Mossop, Carney, “In The Mississippi Delta: Building with Water”, Places Journal, 2010

  • Papers

    Carney, “Building the Delta: Adaptation and Resilience Along the Louisiana Coast” in Proceedings of UIA 2011 Tokyo: Design 2050,” 2011

  • Book Chapters

    Carney, Cantrell, “Exploration Drawings Mixed Media” in “Representing Landscapes: A Visual Collection of Landscape Architectural Drawings,” ed. Nadia Amoroso: Routledge, NY, 2012

  • Papers

    Carney, “Gaining Ground: Structuring Settlement in the Uncertain Economic and Climactic Landscape of the Gulf Coast Mega-Region”, in 2013 ACSA 101 National Conference: New Constellations New Ecologies, 2013

  • Papers

    Carney, Colbert, “A CHANGING GLOBAL CONTEXT FOR ARCHITECTURE: Emerging Technologies, Disciplines and Design Responses to Challenges Facing Coastal Regions”, in “2013 ACSA Fall Conference: Design Interventions for Changing Climates,”  2013

  • Journal

    Moffat & Nichol, West 8, LSU CSS “The Giving DeltaX-­‐Section. Vol. 5

  • Journal

    Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2014). “Probabilistic nonlinear response analysis of steel-concrete composite beams.” Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), 140(1):04013034.

  • Journal

    Shelton TW, Ehrgott JQ Jr, Moral RJ and Barbato M (2014). “Experimental and numerical investigation of the ground shock coupling factor for near-surface detonations.” Shock and Vibration, 2014, Article ID 789202.

  • Journal

    Gilford J III, Hassan MH, Rupnow T, Barbato M, Okeil A and Asadi S. (2014). “Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) and sodium silicate microencapsulation for self-healing of concrete.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 26(5):886–896.

  • Journal

    Hu D and Barbato M (2014). “Simple and efficient finite element modeling of reinforced concrete columns confined with fiber reinforced polymer laminates.” Engineering Structures, 72:113-122.

  • Journal

    Alphonso TC and Barbato M (2014). “Experimental fragility curves for aluminum storm panels subject to windborne debris impact.” Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 134:44–55.

  • Journal

    Tubaldi E, Barbato M and Dall’Asta A (2014). “Performance-based seismic risk assessment for buildings equipped with linear and nonlinear viscous dampers.” Engineering Structures, 78:90–99.

  • Journal

    Barbato M and Conte JP (2014). “Time-variant reliability analysis of linear elastic systems subjected to fully-nonstationary stochastic excitations.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), 10.1061/ (ASCE) EM.1943-7889.0000895 , 04014173

  • Magazine

    Mossop. Elizabeth. ‘Changing Course: Redesigning the Lower Mississippi Delta’, in Topos No. 87, Callwey Verlag: Munich, June 2014.

  • Book Chapters

    Mossop, Elizabeth. ‘Landscape Agency in Urban Revitalization’ in New Orleans Under Reconstruction: The Crisis of Planning, Reese, Carol, Sorkin, Michael and Fontenot, Anthony (Eds.) Verso: New York, 2014.

  • Book Chapters

    Mossop, Elizabeth. ‘Mississippi Delta Project’ in Design in the Terrain of Water, Mathur, Anuradha and Da Cunha, Dilip (Eds.), Applied Research and Design Publishing with the University of Pennsylvania School of Design: Philadelphia, 2014.

  • Blog

    Michaels, Patrick. “Retrofitting for Resilience.” The Field. ASLA. 02.21.2014. http://thefield.asla.org/tag/patrick-michaels/.

  • Papers

    Lipschitz, Forbes. “Legislating Land: Mapping the Effects of Agricultural Subsidies on the American Landscape” EDRA 45, New Orleans, Conference Proceedings, May 2014

  • Journal

    Lipschitz, Forbes. “Not in my City: Rural America as Urban Dumping Ground,” Architecture_MPS, Vol 6. No. 2, December 2014

  • Journal

    Roy, E.D., J.R. White and M. Seibert. 2014. “Societal Phosphorus Metabolism in Future Coastal Environments: Insights from Recent Trends in Louisiana, USA.” Global Environmental Change. doi:10.1016/gloenvcha.2014.05.009

  • Book Chapters

    Mossop, “River to Bayou: The Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans”. In Design in the Terrain of Water, ed. Mathur, da Cunha: Applied research & design Publishing. 2014

  • Papers

    Carney, Wade*, Giancarlo*, “Five Feet High and Rising: Barriers to Implementing Solutions in Coastal Louisiana”, in Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association. 2014 (Peer Reviewed Paper) *Graduate Students

  • Book Chapters

    Cantrell, Carney, Siebert, Williams, “Mudscapes.” in Paradigms in Computing: Making, Machines, and Models for Design Agency in Architecture, ed: Dr. Gerber, Ibañez: eVolo Press, NY, 2014, (Book Chapter)

  • Book Chapters

    Twilley, Robert and M.M. Brinson. “Wetlands in a Changing Global Climate.” Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands: Chapter 10. Second Edition University of California Press, Second Edition (November 11, 2014). ISBN-10: 0520278585. 384 pages.

Presentations

  • Presentations

    Birch, Brand (2015) “Not on My Bayou: Public Space, Privilege, Perception and Planning.” American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Meeting, Houston, TX

  • Presentations

    Birch, Carney (2016) “Communicating Local & Regional Strategies for Coastal Sustainability in Louisiana.” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Social Coast Forum, Charleston, SC

  • Presentations

    Birch, Carney (2016) “Developing Resilience and Protection Strategies for Coastal Decision-makers.” Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, LA

  • Presentations

    Birch, Nelson, Brand (2016) “Greenways, Blueways and a Rusty Rainbow: Assessing Resilience, Vulnerability, Equity and Justice in post-Katrina New Orleans.” American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Meeting, Portland, OR

  • Presentations

    Birch, Carney (2016) “Building Local and Regional Capacity for Community Resilience in Coastal Louisiana.” Restore America’s Estuaries/The Coastal Society National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration, New Orleans, LA

  • Presentations

    Carney, “Re-generating the Suburban Landscape: Florida Boulevard, Baton Rouge”, The Diverse Suburb: History, Politics and Prospects: The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, 2009

  • Presentations

    Carney, Cheramie, Pasquier, “MEASURED CHANGE: Tracking Transformations on Louisiana’s Bayou Lafourche”, Coastal Zone Conference. Chicago, Illinois, 2011

  • Presentations

    Carney, “Building the Delta: Adaptation and Resilience Along the Louisiana Coast”, UIA Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2011

  • Presentations

    Cantrell, Carney, Seibert, “[Infra]structured Change: The I-10 Corridor’s Support for a Resilient Gulf Coast”, CELA, Coastal Sustainability Studio, 2012

  • Presentations

    Carney, Cheramie, Pasquier, “Measured Change: Tracking Transformations on Bayou Lafourche“, EDRA 43 Conference Seattle, 2012

  • Presentations

    Carney, Cantrell, Seibert, “[Infra]structured Change: The I-10 Corridor’s Support for a Resilient Gulf Coast“, EDRA 43 Conference Seattle, 2012

  • Presentations

    Carney, “Envisioning the Gulf Coast: Design, Strategy, and Scenarios for the Future Delta”, EDRA 43 Conference Seattle, 2012

  • Presentations

    Carney, Michaels, Durbak, Powell, “Achieving Stable Communities in an Unstable Landscape: The Louisiana Resiliency Assistance Program”, State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, 2012

  • Presentations

    Carney, “The Louisiana Resiliency Assistance Program”, Sustainability and Resilience Principles Workshop: NDF technical assistance program, HUD Baton Rouge, 2013

  • Panel

    Carney, Choreographing Sediments, DredgeFest Symposium, 2014

  • Panel

    Carney, “Building Creative Capital: Blending Innovative Strategies with Risk Reduction Efforts”. Building Resilience Workshop V, New Orleans, 2014

  • Presentations

    Williams, Carney, Cantrell, Seibert, Synthetic Mudscapes: Integrating Land-Building Processes and Human Habitation for Long Term Resilience, EDRA45NewOrleans, 2014

  • Presentations

    Carney, Cantrell, Seibert, Visualizing the Sediment Diversion: Rendering Legible the Landscape where Geomorphology, Ecology, and Culture Intersect, EDRA45NewOrleans, 2014

  • Presentations

    Carney, Designing for Change: The Dynamics of the Trans-Disciplinary Team, EDRA45NewOrleans, 2014

  • Panel

    Galinski, Carney, Hemerling, Bethel, Approaches to planning for communities, American Planning Association, National Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2014

  • Panel

    Carney, Decision Support, Louisiana American Planning Association Conference, New Orleans, 2014

  • Presentations

    Paille, Reams, Lam, Carney, Planning and the Pursuit of Resilience in Post-Katrina Louisiana: An Examination of Parish-level Attitudes and Actions, EDRA45NewOrleans, 2014

  • Presentations

    Carney, Cantrell, Seibert, “Demystifying the Sediment Diversion: Visualizing Precedent, Intervention, and Predicted Results”, State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, 2014

  • Presentations

    Carney, Michaels, Durbak, Powell, “Strategies for Building Community Resiliency”, State of the Coast Conference, New Orleans, 2014

  • Panel

    Carney, “How Are We Preparing Local Future Resilience Professionals?”, Building Resilience Workshop VI, New Orleans, Panel Discussion, 2015

  • Presentations

    Carney, Agre, “The Giving Delta”, Urban Ecologies Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2015

  • Panel

    Carney, Bentley, Willson, Duran, Brown, “Pedagogy After the Storms”, LSU Katrina & Rita Symposium, (Panel), 2015

  • Panel

    Twilley, Carney, Kaiser, Hagen, “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studying Natural & Built Environment”, LSU Katrina & Rita Symposium, (Panel), 2015

  • Presentations

    Carney, “Communicating Environmental Change”, Louisiana Chapter American Planning Association, March 2016

  • Presentations

    Schramm, Carney, Mitchell. “Landscape representation tools contextualize data, adding meaning and perspective for public evaluation.” Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference (CELA). Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT. 23 March 2016.

  • Presentations

    Lipschitz, F.L. and Risk, J.K. “A Delta Divided Strategies for Rural Regeneration” EDRA 45, New Orleans, Conference Proceedings, May 2014

Grants

  • 2017 National Academy of Sciences - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • 2016 National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • 2014 - 2015 Louisiana Coastal Protection + Restoration Authority
  • 2013 - 2015 American Architectural Foundation
  • 2013 - 2015 Kresge Foundation
  • 2013 - 2015 The Water Institute of the Gulf
  • 2013 - 2015 WM Keck Foundation
  • 2012 - 2015 Louisiana Office of Community Development – Disaster Recovery Unit
  • 2012 - 2015 National Endowment for the Arts
  • 2009 - 2015 Chevron