Browsing by Author "Peacock, Walter G."
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Williams, Ryan J. (2009-05-15)
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Lin, Yi-Sz (2010-10-12)This study uses an empirical approach to develop algorithms to estimate population dislocation following a natural disaster. It starts with an empirical reexamination of the South Dade Population Impact Survey data, ...
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Ko, Youngho (Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Many US inner cities that had once experienced enormous growth have suffered decline in physical, social, and economic respects. This experience has been limited not only to US urban areas but is also apparent in many ...
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Bates, Frederick L.; Peacock, Walter G. (Franco Angeli, 1987)This chapter explores the potential implications of natural disasters for stimulating social change in impacted social systems. More precisely, this chapter focuses on large scale, sudden onset disaster events and explores ...
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Bernhardt, Sarah Praeger (2011-02-22)This research presents the first coastal and marine protected areas specific quantitative management plan evaluation protocol. This critical research gap in the coastal and marine protected area (CMPA) research literature ...
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Mhatre, Pratik Chandrashekhar (2010-10-12)Although recent brownfields redevelopment research using theories of real estate valuation and neighborhood change have indicated negative effects on surrounding residential housing, little evidence exists to show price ...
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Husein, Rahmawati (2012-07-16)There have been studies on the role of land use planning and development regulations on hazard mitigation and the importance of including these in effective mitigation planning initiatives. However, little empirical ...
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Kim, Heeju (2013-07-08)The urban heat island effect is considered one of the main causes of global warming and is contributing to increasing temperatures in the urban United States. This phenomenon enhances the intensity of summer heat waves ...
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Lee, Jee Young (2015-05-01)The research aim was to examine differences in housing needs during disasters according to homeownership type by examining unmet housing needs in Texas during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This dissertation includes: (1) ...
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The Influence of Disaster Loans on Long-Term Business Survival in Galveston, TX after Hurricane Ike Watson, Maria Katherine (2019-04-19)The U.S. Federal Government has taken an increasingly active role in disaster relief efforts, yet program analyses of the efficacy of Federal recovery programs— particularly for businesses—is limited. This dissertation ...
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Tang, Zhenghong (2009-05-15)The lack of early integration with the planning and decision-making process has been a major problem in environmental assessment. Traditional project-based environmental impact assessment has inadequate incentives and ...
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Grover, Himanshu (2011-10-21)Climate change is possibly the greatest threat facing human society in this century. The response to this challenge has been dominated by international negotiations for controlling greenhouse gas emissions. More recently ...
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Mayunga, Joseph S. (2010-07-14)Over the past decades, coastal areas in the United States have experienced exponential increases in economic losses due to flooding, hurricanes, and tropical storms. This in part is due to increasing concentrations of human ...
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Kang, Jung Eun (2010-10-12)Planning researchers believe that property losses from natural hazards, such as floods can be reduced if governments address this issue and adopt appropriate policies in their plans. However, little empirical research has ...
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Arlikatti, Sudha S (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)This research, aimed at advancing the theory of environmental hazard adjustment processes by contrasting households from three cities in a high seismic hazard area with households from three other cities in a moderate ...
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Bierling, David (2012-10-19)This research presents empirical evidence and interpretation about the effects of planning participants and contextual factors on information selection in public organizations. The study addresses important research ...
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Grover, Himanshu (2009-06-02)In the last couple of decades, there has been increasing evidence of changes in global climate. With urban areas identified as the primary contributors to the climate change, there is an impetus for initiatives to persuade ...
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Abuhamdia, Rana Zakaria Ahmad (2018-11-26)Social resilience after disasters is characterized by two key dimensions, reducing impacts and enhancing recovery. In that context, reducing the number of household that are either forced or choose to relocate due to damage ...
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Highfield, Wesley E. (2009-05-15)This study explores the spatial-temporal patterns of Section 404 permitting program under the Clean Water Act and examines its impact on mean and peak annual streamflow. The study area consists of 47 sub-basins that are ...
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Wang, Yue (2010-07-14)Performance-based engineering (PBE) requires advances in hazard characterization, structural modeling, and nonlinear analysis techniques to fully and efficiently develop the fragility expressions and other tools forming ...