Delft Delta Design: The Houston Galveston Bay Region, Texas, USA

Delft Delta Design: The Houston Galveston Bay Region, Texas, USA

Kothuis, B.L.M.
Brand, A.D.
Sebastian, A.G.
Nillesen, A.L.
Jonkman, S.N.

Bedient, P.B.
Berchum, E.
Blackburn, J.B.
De Boer, R.
Van Brakel, S.
Van Breukelen, M.
Brody, S.D.
Cao, Q.
Colbert, T.M.
Cunningham, S.W.
Dupuits, G.
Van den Ende, I.
Gunnewijk, R.
Heeringa, T.
Hogendoorn, D.
Bubu Hsun Ho, T.
Huang, S.Y.
Janssen, M.
Karimi, I.
Kelderman, R.
Kok, M.
Kuipers, A.
Van Ledden, M.
Lendering, K.T.
Liao, Y.C.
Liu, F.
Van Loon-Steensma, J.
De Milliano, A.
Merrell, W.J.
Meyer, V.J.
Mooyaart, L.
Newman, G.
Stoeten, K.
Rippi, K.
Roukens, G.
Ruijs, M.
Samson, K.
Schlepers, M.
Slinger, J.H.
Smulders, J.
Van der Toorn, A.
Van Boxelaere, H.
De Vries, P.
Wang, D.
Yam, A.A.

Delft University of Technology

2015-09-16

In 2008, Hurricane Ike devastated Bolivar Peninsula, narrowly missing the more heavily industrialized and populated areas in the region. In the aftermath of the hurricane, the Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center at Rice University in Houston, and Texas A&M University in Galveston (TAMUG) led initiatives to propose and design flood mitigation strategies. In collaboration with TAMUG and the SSPEED Center, students and researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have been investigating regional strategies for flood risk reduction. In this publication they and their Texas counterparts reflect on the research, design, and insight that has sprouted from this collective endeavor.

flood risk reduction
multidisciplinary research
Texas
Houston Galveston Bay
hydraulic infrastructure design
water governance
delta urbanism
multifunctional Flood Defenses
Delta Interventions Studio

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f0050998-1350-4992-9f63-b3c732dd5714

Delft University Publishers, TU Delft Library

978-94-6186-490-1

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