Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change

Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change / Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Keith C. Pilkey.

With its 28-foot storm surge and 174 mph winds, 2005's Hurricane Katrina was responsible for nearly 2,000 deaths and more than $100 billion in damage. The event was only a preview of what will soon hit coastal communities as climate change increases the power of storms that can lay waste to cri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Coast changes.
Sea level.
Shore protection.
Global warming.
Coastal zone management.
sea level.
global warming.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Coast changes
Coastal zone management
Global warming
Sea level
Shore protection
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Table of Contents:
  • Control + alt + retreat
  • 2. The overflowing ocean : the how and why of sea-level rise
  • The fate of two doomed cities : Miami and New Orleans
  • New and Old Amsterdam : New York City and The Netherlands
  • Cities on the brink
  • The taxpayers and the beach house
  • Coastal calamities : how geology affects the fate of the shoreline
  • Drowning in place: infrastructure and landmarks in the age of sea-level rise
  • The cruelest wave: climate refugees
  • Deny, debate, and delay
  • Ghosts of the past, promise of the Future.

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