Protecting historic coastal cities : case studies in resilience Introduction : Galveston Island and Hurricane Ike W. Dwayne Jones Evolution of the Texas coast John Anderson Storm surge : one of the worlds 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. 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