Lessons from Hurricane Ike
By: edited by Philip B. Bedient
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781603445887; 9781603447362
Subjects: Emergency management; Hurricane Ike, 2008; Hurricane protection; Storm surges; Hurricanes
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to Gulf Coast severe storms and hurricanes / Philip Bedient and Antonia Sebastian; title: Hurricane Ike / Philip Bedient and Antonia Sebastian; title: A brief introduction to the meteorology of tropical cyclones / Jeffrey Lindner; title: Flood prediction and flood warning systems / Jeffrey Lindner, David C. Schwertz, Philip Bedient, and Zheng Fang; title: Predicting storm surge / Clint Dawson and Jennifer Proft; title: Using social vulnerability mapping to enhance coastal community resiliency / Walter Gillis Peacock, Shannon Van Zandt, Dustin Henry, Himanshu Grover, and Wesley Highfield; title: Emergency management and the public / Bill Wheeler; title: Emergency evacuation and transportation planning / Carol Abel Lewis; title: Lessons in bridge infrastructure vulnerability / Jamie E. Padgett and Matthew Stearns; title: Hurricane impacts on critical infrastructures / Hanadi S. Rifai; title: Land use change and increased vulnerability / Samuel David Brody; title: Steps to the future / Jim Blackburn, Tom Colbert, and Kevin Shanley.