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Building back bigger in hurricane strike zones
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Authors
Eli Lazarus 
,
Patrick W Limber,
Evan B Goldstein ,
Rosie Dodd,
Scott B Armstrong
Abstract
Despite decades of regulatory efforts in the United States to decrease vulnerability in developed coastal zones, exposure of residential assets to hurricane damage is increasing — even in places where hurricanes have struck before. Comparing plan-view footprints of individual residential buildings before and long after major hurricane strikes, we find a systematic pattern of ‘building back bigger’ among renovated and new properties.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31223/osf.io/cktf7
Subjects
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Geomorphology, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Sustainability
Keywords
Coastal Development, Coupled Human-Natural Systems
Dates
Published: 2019-09-03 22:21
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