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The Center for Texas Beaches and Shores

CTBS Programs    

Flood Risk Reduction The Water – Human Nexus

 

Recent News:
Recent News:

Climate change could put these colleges underwater. Why they're staying put

Rebuilding Resilient Cities

Houston Flood Czar: Stopping Development In 100-year Floodplain "Not Going to Happen"

Study: Texas coastal barrier would prevent major economic losses

Flooding in the Chicago area has been so bad in the past decade that only places ravaged by hurricanes sustain more damage

Cities Can Alter Hurricanes, Intensifying Their Rainfall
- Study shows Houston’s urban landscape may have physically changed Hurricane Harvey’s structure

Life in the Flood Zone: Houston's Fight to Survive After the Storm of the Century

Report shows dangers of urban flooding

UMD, TAMU Report: Nationwide Urban Flooding Disrupts Local Economies, Public Safety, And Housing Equity

Report: Urban flooding posing national economic issues

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CTBS Partners

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For General Inquires:
PHONE: (409) 741-4076
EMAIL: CTBS@tamug.edu


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The Center for Texas Beaches and Shores (CTBS) 
Texas A&M University at Galveston
1001 Seawolf Parkway

Bldg. 3029
P.O. Box 1675
Galveston, TX 77553

Physical Address:
Texas A&M at Galveston Mitchell Campus
Ocean and Coastal Studies Building

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Flood Risk Reduction Program    

Coastal floods are the most costly, disruptive, and life-threatening hazard worldwide. The negative impacts of these storm events are increasing in the United States and abroad. Through its various research projects, The Center for Texas Beaches and Shores is developing risk reduction strategies based on resistance, acceptance, avoidance, and awareness approaches to management. We encourage you to view these projects to better understand the Center. We also encourage you to visit our ATLAS to learn more about the flood risk taking place in your area.

Current Projects

  • NSF PIRE
  • Ike Dike
  • Measuring, Mapping and Managing Flood Risk
  • Interdisciplinary project to develop a rapid, accurate, and scalable digital methodology to determine building (first floor) elevation survey for hazard mitigation planning efforts

Past Projects

  • Innovative Technology Seaweed Prototype Dunes
  • NSF Hazard Enabling Project
  • Survey of Preferences for Wave-Based Flood Risk Reduction Strategies in Harris County, TX 
  • Flood Risk Reduction Colloquium with Delft University, Netherlands
  • Examining the 100-year Floodplain as a Metric of Risk, Loss, and Household Adjustment
  • Advancing the Resilience of Coastal Localities: Developing, Implementing and Sustaining the Use of Coastal Resilience Indicators

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The Water – Human Nexus Program    

This program involves understanding the interaction between urban development, anthropogenic impacts, and water along the Texas coast. Multiple projects take place under this program, including Status and Trends Monitoring. The Status and Trends monitoring program, funded by the Galveston Bay Estuary Program, collects data and analyzes water quality indicators from multiple sources. All of the projects within this program focus on answering questions about the human – water nexus and understanding how these findings can influence management and policy within the region. 

Past Projects

  • Ridge-Runnel Post-Storm Beach Recovery-Hydrodynamics, Sediment Transport and Morphodynamics
  • Population development, infrastructure security, and morphological dynamics of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast
  • Galveston Bay Estuary Program Status and Trends Project
  • A Geological Framework and Numerical Model Study of the Sustainability of Folletts Island
  • Examining the Relationship Between Land Use Change, Wetland Alteration, and Carbon Sequestration in the Gulf of Mexico 

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