Everything is bigger in Texas

Reflection program case ‘Houston Galveston Bay, Texas’

Book chapter (2017)

Authors

M. Kok Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG
A.D. Brand Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2017 M. Kok, A.D. Brand
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Published Date

2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Research Group

Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk

Abstract

The saying goes that
‘Everything is bigger in Texas.’ This holds true for both the flood risk in the
Houston-Galveston Bay Area, and for the complexity of issues that need to be
dealt with in order to reduce it – assuming there is agreement that the current
risk is unacceptable. There is currently no formal direction, and hence no
preferred direction for designing a strategy for flood risk reduction