Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Preparing for Hurricanes and Coastal Flooding
Author: Preparing for Hurricanes and Coastal Flooding
Author: Ralph M. Field AssociatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood damage prevention
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A New Coast
Author: Jeffrey PetersonPublisher:
ISBN: 1642830127
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
More severe storms and rising seas will inexorably push the American coastline inland with profound impact on communities, infrastructure, and natural systems. In A New Coast, Jeffrey Peterson presents the science behind predictions for coastal impacts and explains how current policies fall short of what's needed to prepare for these changes. He outlines a framework of bold, new national policies and funding to support local and state governments. Peterson calls for engagement of citizens, the private sector, as well as local and national leaders in a "campaign for a new coast." This is a forward-looking volume offering new insights for policymakers, planners, business leaders preparing for the changes coming to America's coast.
Repairing Your Flooded Home
Author: American Red CrossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts
Author: Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning: Coastal Risk ReductionPublisher:
ISBN: 9780309305860
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hurricane- and coastal-storm-related losses have increased substantially during the past century, largely due to increases in population and development in the most susceptible coastal areas. Climate change poses additional threats to coastal communities from sea level rise and possible increases in strength of the largest hurricanes. Several large cities in the United States have extensive assets at risk to coastal storms, along with countless smaller cities and developed areas. The devastation from Superstorm Sandy has heightened the nation's awareness of these vulnerabilities. What can we do to better prepare for and respond to the increasing risks of loss? Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts reviews the coastal risk-reduction strategies and levels of protection that have been used along the United States East and Gulf Coasts to reduce the impacts of coastal flooding associated with storm surges. This report evaluates their effectiveness in terms of economic return, protection of life safety, and minimization of environmental effects. According to this report, the vast majority of the funding for coastal risk-related issues is provided only after a disaster occurs. This report calls for the development of a national vision for coastal risk management that includes a long-term view, regional solutions, and recognition of the full array of economic, social, environmental, and life-safety benefits that come from risk reduction efforts. To support this vision, Reducing Coastal Risk states that a national coastal risk assessment is needed to identify those areas with the greatest risks that are high priorities for risk reduction efforts. The report discusses the implications of expanding the extent and levels of coastal storm surge protection in terms of operation and maintenance costs and the availability of resources. Reducing Coastal Risk recommends that benefit-cost analysis, constrained by acceptable risk criteria and other important environmental and social factors, be used as a framework for evaluating national investments in coastal risk reduction. The recommendations of this report will assist engineers, planners and policy makers at national, regional, state, and local levels to move from a nation that is primarily reactive to coastal disasters to one that invests wisely in coastal risk reduction and builds resilience among coastal communities.
Hurricane Survival 101
Author: Tyler SteelePublisher:
ISBN: 9781549861963
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Knowing how to prepare for a hurricane and understanding the effects of a serious storm is crucial if you live in an area prone to this kind of extreme weather. From storm-surges and destructive wind to blackouts and devastating flooding, having a strategy in place for a major hurricane will help you weather the worst of the conditions and minimize the adverse effects when the clouds begin to clear.Each year, many parts of the United States experience heavy rains, strong winds, floods, and coastal storm surges from tropical storms and hurricanes. If a hurricane watch is in place or an alert is issued in your local area, it pays to have a comprehensive preparedness strategy and plan of action in place that you can call on without thinking and implement at the earliest opportunity.From structural damage and flooding to power outages and a breakdown of services and utilities, the effects before, during and after a hurricane can cause devastation and serious disruption when a major tropical storm makes landfall.This book covers the essential information that you need to know in order to plan. prepare for and survive a serious tropical storm or hurricane event.
Hurricanes, Unleashing Nature's Fury
Author: Homeowner's Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards
Author: Dennis HwangPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hurricane-floods
Author: Catastrophic Coastal Storms
Author: David R. GodschalkPublisher: Duke Press Policy Studies
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
As people cluster on the coast in increasing numbers, coastal populations become more vulnerable to severe damage from catastrophic coastal storms. The authors contented that current public policy has proved unable to cope with the growing problem, and in response they present a comprehensive analysis of coastal storm hazards, standard policy approaches, and promising new means of managing coastal growth. Catastrophic Coastal Storms offers a solution to the policy problem by proposing a merger of hazard mitigation with development management, basing this on extensive surveys of at-risk coastal locations and case studies of post-hurricane recovery. Starting with the local level of government and proceeding to state and federal levels, the authors propose a strategy for overcoming the formidable obstacles to safeguarding the shoreline population and its structures from hurricanes and other severe storms.