Personal Name:
Bedient, Philip B., 1948-
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012.
Physical Descriptionviii, 194 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
Note:Includes index.
Note: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.
