Wind Storm and Storm Surge Mitigation
Edited by Nasim Uddin, Ph.D., P.E.
CDRM Monographs CDRM 4
2010 / 168 pp.
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Stock No. 41081 / ISBN: 9780784410813
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This monograph contains 13 technical papers presented at the First International Workshop on Wind Storm and Storm Surge Mitigation Construction: Issues of Storm, Shelter, and Safety, held in Bangladesh in 2005. The papers by U.S. and Bangladeshi scientists and engineers explore the long-term issues of wind storm, storm surge, and public safety in the Bay of Bengal region.
Topics include:
- wind storm, hurricane, and tsunami characterization;
- effect on habitat and infrastructure;
- disaster reduction strategy (affordable shelters construction);
- risk and loss estimation;
- socioeconomic aspects of population dynamics; and
- public health and safety issues.