Defining Coastal Resilience to Natural Hazards

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dc.contributor.authorMerrell, Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorHarriss, Ben_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings of the Eighth Biennial State of the Bay Symposium January 23-25, 2007en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:46:47Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:46:47Z
dc.date.issuedJan. 25, 2007en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe concepts resilience, vulnerability, and adaptation are increasingly important to coastal zone management. Events during the last several years, such as the devastating 2004-2005 hurricane seasons, dramatically illustrate the potential vulnerability of human society to predictable "surprises". We require new ways of thinking about how we design and build our coastal communities if we are to ensure our societies' safety, health, and overall quality of life. The coastal disaster resistant and resilient community (DRRC) concept provides a framework for integrating science and management knowledge and communication relevant to the stewardship of both natural and built systems. In this session keypad polling will be used to engage Galveston Bay stakeholders in the following questions: What are DRRCs? How do we measure disaster resistance and resilience? And, most importantly, how do we go about creating them?en_US
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dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18627
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dc.locationNot available in house - Please contact GBIC for assistanceen_US
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dc.publisherGalveston Bay Estuary Programen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries10142.00en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/gbeppubs/sobviii/sobviii_rpr.htm#Merrell2en_US
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dc.subjectcoastal communityen_US
dc.subjectdesignen_US
dc.subjectnatural disastersen_US
dc.subjectnatural hazardsen_US
dc.subjectresilienceen_US
dc.titleDefining Coastal Resilience to Natural Hazardsen_US
dc.typeCONFen_US
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