Before the Water Gets Too High: Texas and the Fight Against Sea Level Rise

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dc.contributor.advisorRoyal, Cindy
dc.contributor.authorHearn, Holly Ann
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-05T16:55:31Z
dc.date.available2019-06-05T16:55:31Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.description.abstractThe Texas Gulf coast totes 365 miles of shoreline and over 6 million residents; however, many do not realize the rate at which sea-level is rising. Between 1950 and 2016, Texas experienced 18.56 inches of sea-level rise . The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts it will rise six more inches by 2031 . As the situation escalates in Texas, communities are exploring shoreline mitigation techniques for future protection and sustainability. This project is a long-form multimedia story about the sea-level rise in Texas; specifically, it investigates what two very different coastal communities are doing to adapt to impending change. I conducted the two “case studies” examining mitigation tactics proposed and employed in the Galveston area and along South Padre Island, respectively. This was primarily done by interviewing community leaders, residents and organizations invested in the problem. Additionally, I include data journalism and video to create a complete story package hosted online at high-water.hollyhearn.com. The aim of this project is to contrast sea-level rise situations in Galveston and South Padre Island respectively through digital storytelling.
dc.description.departmentHonors College
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dc.format.extent25 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationHearn, H. A. (2019). Before the water gets too high: Texas and the fight against sea level rise (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/8242
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectjournalism
dc.subjectmultimedia
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectsea level
dc.subjectGalveston
dc.subjectSouth Padre Island
dc.subjectHonors College
dc.titleBefore the Water Gets Too High: Texas and the Fight Against Sea Level Rise
thesis.degree.departmentHonors College
thesis.degree.disciplineJournalism and Mass Communication
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
txstate.documenttypeHonors Thesis

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