Galveston Futures: Developing a disaster resilient community Academic Article

abstract

• Galveston Futures is a cooperative venture, involving residents, architectural experts, urban planners and elected leaders, that strives to envision a resilient, sustainable and unified community on Galveston Island by encouraging civic participation in municipal planning. For Galveston's survival, it is essential to tie livability and resilience, especially to coastal disasters, into the concept of sustainability. This paper describes different projects that have been taken to accomplish the mission of the Galveston Futures.

authors

• Merrell, William

published proceedings

• Journal of Geography and Regional Planning

author list (cited authors)

• Islam, T., Merrell, W., & Seitz, W

complete list of authors

• Islam, Tanveerul||Merrell, William||Seitz, William

publication date

• January 2010

publisher

• Academic Journals  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Geography and Regional Planning  Journal

keywords

• Community Resilience
• Disaster
• Galveston
• Natural Hazards
• Risk
• Sustainability
• Texas Coast

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.5897/JGRP.9000059

start page

• 001

end page

• 007

volume

• 3

issue

• 1

URL

• https://academicjournals.org/journal/JGRP/article-abstract/2C2E4286012