Download or read book Protecting Historic Coastal Cities written by Matthew Pelz and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : Galveston Island and Hurricane Ike / W. Dwayne Jones -- Evolution of the Texas coast / John Anderson -- Storm surge : one of the world's foremost natural hazards / Hal Needham -- Reshaping Galveston Island after the 1900 hurricane / Jodi Wright-Gidley -- Resilient housing lessons from Katrina / Claudette Hanks Reichel -- Miami Beach rising above / Bruce A. Mowry -- Hurricane Harvey : arts and cultural recovery six months after the storm / Debbie McNulty -- The Dutch tradition of flood control : shifting attitudes toward flood risk reduction / B.L.M. "Bee" Kothuis and A.D. "Nikki" Brand -- Conclusion / Matthew Pelz