- Additional Authors
- Bedient, Philip B., 1948-
- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 194 p.) : col. ill., col. maps.
- Uniform Title
- Lessons from Hurricane Ike (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- An introduction to Gulf Coast severe storms and hurricanes / Philip Bedient and Antonia Sebastian -- Hurricane Ike / Philip Bedient and Antonia Sebastian -- A brief introduction to the meteorology of tropical cyclones / Jeffrey Lindner -- Flood prediction and flood warning systems / Jeffrey Lindner, David C. Schwertz, Philip Bedient, and Zheng Fang -- Predicting storm surge / Clint Dawson and Jennifer Proft -- Using social vulnerability mapping to enhance coastal community resiliency / Walter Gillis Peacock, Shannon Van Zandt, Dustin Henry, Himanshu Grover, and Wesley Highfield -- Emergency management and the public / Bill Wheeler -- Emergency evacuation and transportation planning / Carol Abel Lewis -- Lessons in bridge infrastructure vulnerability / Jamie E. Padgett and Matthew Stearns -- Hurricane impacts on critical infrastructures / Hanadi S. Rifai -- Land use change and increased vulnerability / Samuel David Brody -- Steps to the future / Jim Blackburn, Tom Colbert, and Kevin Shanley.
- LCCN
- 2011049844
- OCLC
- ssj0000600754
- Title
Lessons from Hurricane Ike [electronic resource] / edited by Philip B. Bedient.
- Imprint
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Bedient, Philip B., 1948-