Innovative testing facility to mitigate hurricane-induced losses

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Volumn 88, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 262-

  Chowdhury, Arindam Gan ^a   Leatherman, Stephen P ^b  

^a Florida International University   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE; MITIGATION;

EID: 34547115455     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007EO250002     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Government Accountability Office (2006), Disaster relief: Reimbursement to American Red Cross for Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne, Rep. GAO-06-518, p. 1, Washington, D. C.
2. Leatherman, S. P., A. Gan Chowdhury, and C. J. Robertson (2007), Wall of Wind: Full-scale, destructive testing of houses and hurricane damage mitigation, J. Coastal Res., in press.
3. National Academy of Sciences (1999), Meeting Research and Education Needs in Coastal Engineenng, p. 11, Natl. Acd. Press, Washington, D. C.
4. National Science Board (2007), Hurricane warning: The critical need for a national hurricane research initiative, NSB-06-115, pp. 1-36, Natl. Sci. Found., Arlington, Va.