Ivor van Heerden was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is
cofounder and deputy director of the LSU Hurricane Center and
director of the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of
Hurricanes. He is also associate professor of civil and
environmental engineering at LSU. He holds a Ph.D. in marine
sciences from LSU, where his research focused on the Atchafalaya
River Delta; his ongoing research areas include disaster
preparation and response, coastal geomorphology, environmental
management, and habitat restoration.
Mike Bryan has written or collaborated on many books, including Cal
Ripken's bestselling autobiographyThe Only Way I Know, Uneasy
Rider, and The Afterword, a novel.
[An] important book. . . . [Van Heerden is] a man with a story to get out who is gradually finding a way to do it. . . . And he does it simply, commonsensically, with illustrations to clarify his points. (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
[An] important book. . . . [Van Heerden is] a man with a story to get out who is gradually finding a way to do it. . . . And he does it simply, commonsensically, with illustrations to clarify his points. (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
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