Browsing by Author "Highfield, Wesley"
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Kim, You Jung (2019-03-08)The people and assets endangered by flood risks due to sea level rise and coastal population increase are increasing. Complex and unpredictable future circumstances necessitates a better scenario-based planning; helping ...
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Nuttall, Marissa F (2013-04-03)Little is known about the distribution of black corals in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Of thirty-nine species of black coral documented in the Western Atlantic, thirty have been previously documented by various studies ...
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Tran, Tho Ngo Duc (2022-02-08)Housing plays a central role in connecting individuals, families, and society during human life. To support the goal of providing decent housing at an affordable price in a suitable living environment for all American ...
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Norwood, Matthew J (2017-05-08)Understanding the transformation and transportation of organic carbon is important to elucidate carbon cycling within changing ecosystems. Biomass burning produces a continuum of pyrogenic organic matter (Py-OM) with unique ...
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Whitley, Andrew Edward (2022-12-05)As many coastal areas suffer from chronic erosion, innovative solutions beyond traditional local nourishment must be explored. One such solution is mega-nourishment (MN) where a large sediment volume is deposited in a ...
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Pugh, David; Butler, Christopher; Stover, Robin; Blanchard, Kathlyn; Butler, Cristopher; Cardenas, Angela; Carrasco, Virginia; Dewey, Michael; Duncan, Sean; Dyke, Jennifer; Dyke, Michael; Highfield, Wesley; Johnson, Laura; Kansara, Suhag; Kukadia, Nishant; Linenschmidt, Mark; Mohinder, Ruchi; Stover, Robin; Thornton, Sara (Texas A&M University, 2004)In total, over the years, eleven courses have worked in the city of Navasota. These plans have assessed the conditions of the city and have made recommendations for economic growth, downtown revitalization, land use ...
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Diaz, Nicholas David (2020-08-06)Flood damages occur when just one inch of water enters a residential household and models of flood damage estimation are sensitive to first floor elevation (FFE). The current sources for FFEs consist of costly survey-based ...
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Rainey, Jayton Lewis (2017-08-03)This study examines the impacts of red tide, Karenia brevis, cell intensity on collected tourism tax revenues by municipality along the central Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida. The study area consists of 27 municipalities ...
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Casillas, Jessica C. (2018-05-25)Declining blue crab stocks in Texas coastal systems in the 1980s and most recently in the early 2000s have led scientists and policy makers to re-evaluate fishery management plans. A newer ecosystem-based approach to ...
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Sypniewski, Jaimlyn Rose (2019-07-19)Flooding has historically occurred within coastal areas of Texas due to hurricanes and other catastrophic weather events and continues to be a frequent and costly hazard. One community where flood vulnerability has intensified ...
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Hill, Lisa Madeleine (2020-06-17)In the past century the San Jacinto Estuary (SJE), including the Houston Ship Channel (HSC) and its surrounding area, has experienced a significant increase in industrialization and urbanization. As a result of industrialization, ...
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Walters, Helen Marie (2016-06-01)Urban development can cause increased nutrient loads in nearby streams and rivers. Understanding how the pattern of urban development affects the level of nutrients, specifically phosphorus, within the Galveston Bay Estuary ...
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Lee, Yoonjeong (2016-08-04)Floods have been the costliest and most disruptive among all natural hazards worldwide. In particular, urban flooding continues to be a concern for both developed and developing countries. Increasing physical risk associated ...
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Garcia, Rosa Marie (2019-04-05)Rapidly increasing population along with episodes of drought puts a substantial strain on water resources in parts of the state of Texas. Thus, sustainable and long-term management of the future of water supply has become ...
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Atoba, Kayode Olugbenga (2018-05-04)As property losses from flooding continue to rise in coastal communities, the need to examine the changing dynamics of these damages in relation to specialized mitigation methods at multiple scales becomes increasingly ...
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Almukaimi, Mohammad E A Y S (2016-02-22)Over the last 100 years, the Galveston Bay (GB) Estuary has experienced a wide range of anthropogenic activities. The bay’s watershed and shoreline contains one of the largest concentrations of petroleum and chemical ...
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Stephens, Shane Allen (2023-04-25)Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) are capable of long-distance migrations (hundreds of kilometers) but also exhibit resident behaviors in estuarine and coastal habitats. The aim of this study was to characterize essential ...
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Bartlett, Victoria Lee (2019-07-12)Estuaries have played a major role in the movement of people, goods and services, and knowledge, as societies have developed over time. They are crucial ecosystems for storm buffering and biological resources. The health ...
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Blessing, Russell Bennett (2017-11-29)Flood damages in the United States continue to increase despite large investments to control stormwater. The rate at which flood damages are increasing significantly outpaces precipitation trends leaving societal trends ...
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Rainey, Jayton Lewis (2021-12-06)As coastal hazards, such as flooding, continue to grow in severity, the need to examine the influences federal mitigation expenditures has in relation to observable losses identified by the federal government becomes ...