1 Appendix: Memos of ongoing research on flood risk reduction in Galveston Bay area 1) RECONNAISSANCE LEVEL STUDIES ON A STORM SURGE BARRIER IN BOLIVAR ROADS (TU Delft, Lendering) ...................................................................................................... 2 2) HISTORY OF COASTAL BARRIERS IN THE NETHERLANDS (RHDHV, L. Mooyaart) ......... 9 3) SUMMARY OF ‘TEXAS COAST HURRICANE STUDY’ REPORT OF USACE, DATED 1979 (TU Delft, Lendering) .......................................................................................................... 16 4) CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND PHYSICAL MODEL TESTING OF THE LAND BARRIER SECTION FOR THE GREATER HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA STORM SURGE SUPRESSION System (TAMUG, Figlus) ............................................................................................... 18 5) INTEGRATING SURGE PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (TAMUG, Galen Newman and Eric Bardenhagen) ..................................... 23 6) STORM SURGE MODELING FOR THE IKE DIKE STUDY (Jackson State, Thomas Richardson) ................................................................................................................. 26 7) ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HURRICANE SCENARIOS FOR THE GALVESTON BAY- A COMPARISON OF LOSSES WITH AND WITHOUT COASTAL BARRIER (TAMUG, Brody and colleagues) .................................................................................................................. 28 8) FLOOD RISK REDUCTION ANALYSIS FOR THE CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED (TAMUG, Brody and colleagues) .................................................................................................. 32 9) AN INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF FLOOD RISK REDUCTION THE WEST END OF GALVESTON ISLAND (TAMUG, Brody and colleagues)..................................................... 35 10) ECONOMIC VALUE OF SURGE SUPPRESSION FROM A COASTAL SPLINE (Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, Gilmer and Perdue)........................................ 38