The hidden costs of coastal hazards : implications for risk assessment and mitigation
Presents the findings of a two-year study to help develop new strategies to identify and reduce the costs of weather-related hazards associated with increasing coastal development activities. It considers the costs to natural resources, social institutions, business and the built environment.
XXXII, 220 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 23 cm
9781559637565, 1559637560
247339161
Setting the stage; stormy weather - Hurrican Hugo's impact on the South Carolina low country; toward an improved understanding of the true costs of coastal hazards and disasters; risk and vulnerability assessments of coastal hazards; developing and evaluating mitigation strategies; a framework for community planning.
The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment