Coastal Engineering - Amphibious Housing
About Us
What exactly is an amphibious house?
Floating Foundations / Bases
Benefits of Amphibious Houses
Current Use
Applications: Hurricanes & Floods
Hurricane Background Information
Case Study: Hurricane Jeanna
Flood Background Information
Case Study: Great Flood of 1993
Further Considerations
References & Links
About Us
References
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2. Creel, Liz. September 2003.
http://www.prb.org/Publications/PolicyBriefs/RippleEffectsPopulationandCoastalRegions.aspx
3. Palca, Jo. January 28, 2008. “Dutch Architects Plan for a Floating Future”.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18480769
26 November, 2009.
4. Kroeger, Alix. March 1, 2007. “Dutch Pioneer floating eco=homes”.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6405359.stm
26 November 2009
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http://www.flexbase.eu/default.asp/id,472/index.html
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28 November 2009
8. Der Spiegel, November 12th, 2009. “Amphibious Houses – Dutch Answer to Flooding” Translated from German by Gareth Davies
9. “Median and Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New One-Family Houses Sold by Location” National Association of Home Builders, October 13th, 2009.
10. Sussman, Paul from CNN. 2008, “Buoyant market: Are floating homes the future of housing?”
11. English, Elizabeth C. PhD, University of Waterloo School of Architecture. “The Buoyant Foundation”
www.buoyantfoundation.org
12. Conceptual Design Sketches from “Ecoboat – Floating towards a sustainable futre”, www.ecoboot.nl,
13. Perry, Charles A. “Significant Floods in the United States During the 20th Century – USGS Measures a Century of Floods,”
http://ks.water.usgs.gov/pubs/fact-sheets/fs.024-00.html
14. “Flood Hazards – A National Threat” – United States Geographical Survey
15. Larson, Lee W., Chief of Hydrologic Research Laboratory, June 24, 1996 “The Great USA Flood of 1993”
http://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/floods/papers/oh_2/great.htm
16. “Slow Atlantic Hurricane Season Comes to a Close,” November 30, 2009. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration,
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091130_endhurricaneseason.html
17. “Rising to the Occasion” By: Bruce Alpert, April 7, 2007 from The Times Picayune.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1175926297305880.xml&coll=1
18. “Waterstudio's Flood-Resistant Architecture” by Jill Fehrenbacher, August 28th, 2006.
http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/
19. “Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates” Article from the Designbuild Network
http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/Hydropolis
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