| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 132 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Gulf Coast Books ; number thirty-four
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Gulf Coast books ; no. 34.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The consequences of climate change, increasing storm surge, and rising sea levels are being seen and felt by coastal communities across the globe as hurricanes, coastal storms, and flooding increase in intensity and frequency. Understanding how coastal communities around the world have adapted to these challenging environments can help identify not only the strategies to better prepare our vulnerable cities, but also the attitudes that are most effective in producing constructive solutions. "Protecting Historic Coastal Cities" presents an overview of how historic communities in coastal environments understand and confront the unique challenges they face. In "Protecting Historic Coastal Cities," the authors assert that building resilient coastal communities requires a profound understanding of this relationship to confront the extreme conditions of living and working in coastal areas around the world. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Galveston Island and Hurricane Ike / W. Dwayne Jones -- Evolution of the Texas coast / John Anderson -- Storm surge : one of the world's foremost natural hazards / Hal Needham -- Reshaping Galveston Island after the 1900 hurricane / Jodi Wright-Gidley -- Resilient housing lessons from Katrina / Claudette Hanks Reichel -- Miami Beach rising above / Bruce A. Mowry -- Hurricane Harvey : arts and cultural recovery six months after the storm / Debbie McNulty -- The Dutch tradition of flood control : shifting attitudes toward flood risk reduction / B.L.M. "Bee" Kothuis and A.D. "Nikki" Brand -- Conclusion / Matthew Pelz. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Coastal zone management.
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Coastal zone management. |
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Historic preservation.
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Historic preservation. |
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Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration.
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Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration. |
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Buildings -- Natural disaster effects.
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Buildings -- Natural disaster effects. |
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Natural disasters -- Gulf Coast (U.S.)
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Natural disasters. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pelz, Matthew, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Protecting historic coastal cities. First edition. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019] 9781623497705 (DLC) 2019011673 (OCoLC)1096214056 |
| ISBN |
9781623497712 (electronic book) |
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162349771X (electronic book) |
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9781623497705 |
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1623497701 |
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