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03427aam a2200421 i 4500 001 4DA02474B50611EEB233F11920ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240117010048 008 220915t20232023nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022035934 020 $a 0231203543 020 $a 9780231203548 035 $a (OCoLC)1344422905 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d BDX $d UKMGB $d IHY $d IMD $d YDX $d OBE $d VZL $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a GF71 $b .V47 2023 082 00 $a 304.2/5 $2 23/eng20221103 100 1 $a Verchick, Robert R. M., $e author. 245 14 $a The octopus in the parking garage : $b a call for climate resilience / $c Rob Verchick. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 274 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "One cloudy day in Miami, an octopus was found in the parking garage of a fancy condominium complex. How it got there is a tale of quirky plumbing and climate breakdown. (In brief, sea-level rise caused a storm drain to reverse and burp out the cephalopod.) A funny Instagram meme, "the octopus in the parking garage" is also an eight-armed alarm bell, part of an urgent call to prepare ourselves for all the things that soaring heat, rising seas, and suped-up storms can do to us. It's a call for communities to develop climate resilience. That means "bouncing back better." Or as an expert might say, managing and recovering from a climate impact in a way that allows a community to learn, adapt, and thrive. This book explains, to non-experts, how we can manage current and future hazards of climate change that we can no longer avoid. How do we reach across party lines and get people to care more? How do we make plans that are flexible enough to handle surprises? How do we involve and address disadvantaged communities, which already bear the brunt of environmental risk? When do we resist? When do we adjust? When do we retreat? And by the way, who gets to decide? The book will take readers on a community-oriented journey, laying out the options and offering guidelines and insights to shape the conversation"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-260) and index. 505 0 $a Part I. Understanding resilience -- Let's talk about the octopus -- Adapt or die -- Sprawling brains and rubber arms -- Climate and caste -- Believing is seeing -- Part II. Doing resilience -- Moonshot on the bayou -- Lights out -- Flash! crack! boom! -- Yuccas, gardeners, and zookeepers -- The octopus's garden -- The long goodbye -- Persist and prevail. 650 0 $a Human beings $x Effect of climate on. 650 0 $a Adaptation (Biology) 650 0 $a Natural disasters $x Risk assessment. 650 0 $a Resilience (Ecology) 650 7 $a Adaptation (Biology) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00796474 650 7 $a Human beings $x Effect of climate on $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00962839 650 7 $a Natural disasters $x Risk assessment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01982424 650 7 $a Resilience (Ecology) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01749434 776 08 $i Online version: $a Verchick, Robert R. M. $t Octopus in the parking garage $d New York : Columbia University Press, [2023] $z 9780231555104 $w (DLC) 2022035935 941 $a 3 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240302011519.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240217010825.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240201010210.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4DA02474B50611EEB233F11920ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search