Description
Book SynopsisAlvarez drives home the point that for buildings and communities located in hurricane-prone regions, it is not a question of whether the area will be impacted, but when it will be impacted. The book makes a strong case for taking responsibility to understand the vulnerabilities of buildings and structures to hurricane impacts.
Timothy Reinhold, PhD, from the Foreword
Focusing on coastal regions affected by tropical cyclones, Hurricane Mitigation for the Built Environment highlights vulnerability, natural hazards, risk, damage, emergency management, and hazard mitigation as they relate to the threat and occurrence of hurricanes. The product of more than 25 years of the author's experiences with post-event assessments and studies of hurricane damage, it looks particularly at common sequences of failures and oversights in planning for a hurricane that amplify the damage caused by storms.
This book combines observations of actual damage to the built environment in
Trade Review
"I just finished reading Hurricane Mitigation for the Built Environment and realize I need to immediately run to our roof to see what shape it is in and how our equipment is anchored. Alvarez writes with such great clarity that the book is an easy read. I just ordered a second copy to share with our condominium's board of directors and maintenance staff!"
—Bernard Horowitz, Ph.D., Co-Founder, V.I. Technologies, Inc.; Board Member, The Cleo Institute
Table of ContentsThe Art and Science of Hazard Mitigation. Two Hurricanes in Three Weeks. Hurricanes, Vulnerability, and Causes of Damage. Wind and Water. Hurricanes and the Built Environment. Cancun: A Mexican Gate to the Caribbean. Cyclones of Quintana Roo. Hurricane Gilbert—1988. Ten Years Later—Higher Vulnerability. Hurricane Wilma—2005. Classification and Mitigation of Damages. Future Impacts. Hurricane-Resistant Buildings. Climate Change: An Exacerbating Factor.
