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Protecting historic coastal cities : case studies in resilience / edited by Matthew Pelz.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gulf Coast books ; no. 34.
- Gulf Coast Books ; Number 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coastal zone management.
- Historic preservation.
- Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration.
- Historic buildings.
- Buildings--Natural disaster effects.
- Buildings.
- Natural disasters--Gulf Coast (U.S.).
- Natural disasters.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 132 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- The consequences of climate change, increasing storm surge, and rising sea levels are being seen and felt by coastal communities across the globe as hurricanes, coastal storms, and flooding increase in intensity and frequency. Understanding how coastal communities around the world have adapted to these challenging environments can help identify not only the strategies to better prepare our vulnerable cities, but also the attitudes that are most effective in producing constructive solutions. "Protecting Historic Coastal Cities" presents an overview of how historic communities in coastal environments understand and confront the unique challenges they face. In "Protecting Historic Coastal Cities," the authors assert that building resilient coastal communities requires a profound understanding of this relationship to confront the extreme conditions of living and working in coastal areas around the world.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-62349-771-X
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