A GIS study for determining hurricane risk areas and estimating population, Texas Coastal Counties /
and to estimate populations for those areas. The threat to
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | and to estimate populations for those areas. The threat to areas along the Texas coast at risk from hurricane impacts be built upon and shared with other researchers in the considered in the definition of risk areas. Risk areas are corresponding counties and are presented in this paper. The counties are considered separately. Surge data, windspeed determine population of each area. Populations are processed drawn as lines and converted to polygons. Census data are Five study areas along the coast containing a total of 22 future. GIS created during this study provides a framework which may hurricane events necessary. Advancing computer technology, incorporate data from different sources into the same system. incorporated and populations are projected to year 2000. into number of evacuating vehicles for each area. Evacuation lives and property from hurricanes makes preparation for modeling techniques, and GIS have made it possible to new Geographic Information System (GIS) for the definition of predictions, road networks, and digital county basemaps are produced for each of the five study areas and each of the 22 Spatial queries are conducted in the GIS in order to The objectives of this study are to create and implement a times for each area are estimated. Published maps arc |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Geography". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 102leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 43-44. |