Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Message from the Chancellor of East Carolina University | p. xiii |
Preface | p. xv |
Introduction and Overview | |
An Overview of the Perfect Flood | p. 1 |
Living with Future Extreme Weather Events | p. 17 |
Anatomy of a Flood | p. 29 |
Evaluating Disaster Response Strategies | |
An Institutional Perspective | |
Congress and Natural Disasters: A Symbiotic Relationship? | p. 47 |
A Dialogue: Communities at Risk and Accessing Disaster Recovery Assistance | p. 65 |
Repeated Exposure to Hurricanes and Willingness to Evacuate: Implications from the Hurricane Floyd Experience | p. 69 |
Looking into the Face of the Storm: The Shelter Experience | p. 77 |
Public Perceptions of Economic Development and Technology After the Storms | p. 81 |
Hurricane Evacuation Behavior of Coastal North Carolina Residents During Bonnie, Dennis, and Floyd | p. 89 |
A Community Perspective | |
Helping the Students of Pattillo A+ Elementary School Recover from the Flood Disaster | p. 99 |
Looking into the Face of the Storm: The Children | p. 105 |
Hurricane Storm Surge: Cost-Effective Mitigation in Wilmington, North Carolina | p. 109 |
A Dialogue: Responding to the Long-Term Recovery Needs of Disaster Victims | p. 119 |
Dynamics of Hurricanes and Floods: Achieving New Insights | |
Historical Reflections | |
Disasters by Design | p. 127 |
Coping with Floyd: Patterns of Impact, Assistance, and Community Response | p. 141 |
Looking into the Face of the Storm: African Americans | p. 149 |
Facing the Historic Needs of Rural North Carolina as We Recover from Hurricane Floyd | p. 151 |
Looking into the Face of the Storm: Farmers | p. 161 |
Improving Our Understanding of Natural Systems | |
Inland Flooding in North Carolina due to Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd | p. 163 |
A New Method for Mapping the Extent of Flooding in the Tar River Basin | p. 173 |
A Dialogue: Lessons in the Floodplain--Finding a New Approach to Floodplain Management | p. 181 |
Sedimentation on the Tar River Floodplain During the Flood of 1999 | p. 187 |
Obtaining Needed Water Quality Data Using North Carolina Ferries: The FerryMon Project | p. 195 |
An "Extreme Event"--Hurricane Floyd, September 1999 | |
Impacts on Groups and Individuals | |
Population and Economic Changes in Eastern North Carolina Before and After Hurricane Floyd | p. 199 |
Looking into the Face of the Storm: Small Businesses | p. 205 |
The Incidence of Injury, Illness, and Death During and After Hurricane Floyd | p. 207 |
The Impact of Hurricane Floyd on the Elderly | p. 213 |
Looking into the Face of the Storm: The Elderly | p. 223 |
An Assessment of the Impacts of Hurricane Floyd on East Carolina University Students | p. 225 |
Impacts on the Natural Environment | |
The Effects of the Flood on the Water Quality and the Fishes of the Pamlico River Estuary | p. 235 |
Monitoring the Coastal Ocean: Responses to Hurricane Floyd | p. 247 |
Water Quality and Fisheries Habitat Changes in the Pamlico Sound After Three Hurricanes: A Short-term and Long-term Perspective | p. 255 |
Changes in Phytoplankton Biomass in the Pamlico Sound After Hurricane Floyd | p. 265 |
A Better Blueprint for the Future | |
Natural Hazards, Smart Growth, and Creating Resilient and Sustainable Communities in Eastern North Carolina | p. 271 |
A Dialogue: Building Resilient Communities in a Disaster-Prone Region | p. 283 |
Looking into the Face of the Storm: Hispanics | p. 291 |
A Dialogue: Coordinating Recovery Efforts to Minimize the Impact of Future Disasters | p. 293 |
Recommendations | |
Lessons Learned, Alternative Paths to Recovery, and Specific Recommendations | p. 299 |
Epilogue | p. 311 |
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