Last season＇s hurricanes and the recent Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives, and billions of dollars in economic damage. To help mitigate the extensive damage an...Last season＇s hurricanes and the recent Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives, and billions of dollars in economic damage. To help mitigate the extensive damage and tragic loss of life caused by these and other natural disasters, and to examine lessons learned and explore other vital issues in coastal engineering, coastal professionals gathered in historic Charleston, S. C., a city that has withstood 29 hurricanes and tropical storms since 1871, for the Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2005 Conference, held May 8-11.展开更多
文摘Last season＇s hurricanes and the recent Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives, and billions of dollars in economic damage. To help mitigate the extensive damage and tragic loss of life caused by these and other natural disasters, and to examine lessons learned and explore other vital issues in coastal engineering, coastal professionals gathered in historic Charleston, S. C., a city that has withstood 29 hurricanes and tropical storms since 1871, for the Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2005 Conference, held May 8-11.
