Interdisciplinary Texas A&M research funded by the National Science Foundation aims to create data and framework to better inform flash flooding mitigation and preparedness.
By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture As La Grange, Texas recovers from post Hurricane Harvey flooding, residents and elected officials are considering Texas A&M student proposals that address the town’s infrastructure, housing and transportation needs. The plans, drafted by urban planning and landscape architecture students, respond to issues…
In this NASA handout image, Hurricane Harvey is photographed aboard the International Space Station as it intensified on its way toward the Texas coast on August 25, 2017. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images) By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture As Harvey’s record-setting rainfall inundated wide…
People stand in a flooded neighborhood as Texas moved toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on September 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture City planning staff in Norfolk, Va., a coastal city of 243,000,…
By Bob Wright, Galveston Campus of Texas A&M University Flooding has always been a growing concern in the Houston/Galveston region as well as in other cities around the nation. It seems to worsen as cities develop without consideration for flood planning as they grow. Dr. Sam Brody, professor of…