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Apr 26, 2012
Hurricane Impact Mapping
Authors: Stephen P. Leatherman [email protected] and Keqi Zhang [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Solutions to Coastal Disasters '02
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High-resolution topographic data are essential to mapping and mitigating coastal flooding and erosion hazards. The recent advent of airborne laser altimetry technology allows rapid and inexpensive topographic surveys of large coastal areas.
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© 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Erosion
- Floods
- Geology
- Geomatic surveys
- Geomatics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones
- Hydrologic data
- Hydrologic engineering
- Hydrology
- Land surveys
- Mapping
- Mitigation and remediation
- Natural disasters
- Practice and Profession
- Surveying methods
- Topographic surveys
- Topography
- Water and water resources
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Director, International Hurricane Center, & Laboratory for Coastal Research, Florida International University, 10555 W. Flagler St., Miami, FL 33199. E-mail: [email protected]
Assistant Research Professor, International Hurricane Center, & Laboratory for Coastal Research, Florida International University, 10555 W. Flagler St., FL 33199. E-mail: [email protected]
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