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008 151006s2016 nyu a b 001 0 eng
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020 _a9780231168441 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _z9780231541800 (e-book)
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_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dMiTN
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050 0 0 _aTC330
_b.P55 2016
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100 1 _aPilkey, Orrin H.,
_d1934-
245 1 0 _aRetreat from a rising sea :
_bhard choices in an age of climate change /
_cOrrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, and Keith C. Pilkey.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2016]
300 _axx, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, some color ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aControl + 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.
650 0 _aCoast changes.
650 0 _aSea level.
650 0 _aShore protection.
650 0 _aGlobal warming.
650 0 _aCoastal zone management.
700 1 _aPilkey-Jarvis, Linda,
700 1 _aPilkey, Keith C.,
_d1965-
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