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

By: Pilkey, Orrin H, 1934-Contributor(s): Pilkey-Jarvis, Linda | Pilkey, Keith C, 1965-Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]Description: xx, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, some color ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231168441 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Coast changes | Sea level | Shore protection | Global warming | Coastal zone managementDDC classification: 333.917 LOC classification: TC330 | .P55 2016
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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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.

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