Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change /
Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934-
Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change / Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, and Keith C. Pilkey. - xx, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, some color ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780231168441 (cloth : alk. paper)
2015034502
Coast changes.
Sea level.
Shore protection.
Global warming.
Coastal zone management.
TC330 / .P55 2016
333.917
Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change / Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, and Keith C. Pilkey. - xx, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, some color ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780231168441 (cloth : alk. paper)
2015034502
Coast changes.
Sea level.
Shore protection.
Global warming.
Coastal zone management.
TC330 / .P55 2016
333.917