On the State of Coastal Hazards Mapping

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, State University of West Georgia, Carrolton, GA
²Assistant Professor of Geology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC

Dr. David M. Bush is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the State University of West Georgia in Carrollton, GA. Dr. Bush received his BS in Geology from the State University of New York, College at Oneonta, and both his MS and PhD in Geology from Duke University. His graduate research focused on the sediments and storm processes along the northern Puerto Rico shelf and shoreline. He was a post-doctoral Research Associate with the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Duke University for four years. His current research focuses on coastal storm impacts, coastal hazards assessment, risk mapping, and property damage mitigation. He is senior author of Living with the Puerto Rico Shore, Living by the Rules of the Sea, and Living on the Edge of the Gulf: The West Florida and Alabama Coasts. At West Georgia Dr. Bush teaches courses in risk assessment, geomorphology, and oceanography.

Rob Young is an Assistant Professor of Geology at Western Carolina University. He received a BS in Geology from the College of William and Mary, an MS in Quaternary Studies from the University of Maine, and he was a James B. Duke Doctoral Fellow at Duke University where he received a PhD in Geology. Dr. Young serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Coastal Research and Environmental Geosciences. He is currently the Technical Program Director for the Geological Society of America's Annual Meeting. Dr. Young's research interests lie in a wide variety of coastal and wetland areas.

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