City planners are breaking ground on a new city that many people are hoping will become an important ocean port for trading. learning from the example of new orleans, louisiana, which geographic factor should the city planners pay the most attention to for the future safety of the city?

The natural catastrophe of New Orleans made clear the consequences of creating a city under a mangrove and below sea level. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city, which had 80% of its territory flooded. This has caused many deaths, destruction and economic damage to the country.

Therefore, planners in a new port city must take into account that the city must have infrastructure to withstand a magnitude 5 hurricane, which may happen again. The construction of stronger containment barriers, a water drainage system and preferably, build the houses on a higher level than the sea.

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