Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2015
Abstract
Communities throughout the world have to prepare to handle severe weather. The United States sees an especially high number of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms east of the Rocky Mountains. The State of Indiana often ranks among the highest number of tornadoes per square mile, requiring counties to be prepared for storms and severe weather. This research uses ArcGIS to analyze the effectiveness of Delaware County, Indiana, in severe weather warning. Looking at the distribution of emergency equipment, this research showed that Delaware County is well suited to handle emergency storm situations, with only Yorktown being insufficient in the distribution of warning sirens.
Discipline
Geography
Research Areas
Integrative Research Areas
Publication
Building resilient cities in China: the nexus between planning and science
Editor
CHEN, Xueming; PAN, Qisheng
First Page
235
Last Page
243
Identifier
10.1007/978-3-319-14145-9_19
Publisher
Springer Nature
Citation
JIAO, Junfeng; PHELPS, Timothy R.; and LI, Yuan.
Storm preparedness: A case study of Delaware County, Indiana. (2015). Building resilient cities in China: the nexus between planning and science. 235-243.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/523
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