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Author:

Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xx, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Coast changes.
Sea level.
Shore protection.
Global warming.
Coastal zone management.

Other Authors:

Pilkey-Jarvis, Linda, author.
Pilkey, Keith C., 1965- author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Control + alt + retreat -- The overflowing ocean -- 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.

ISBN:

0231168446
9780231168441

OCLC:

(OCoLC)928614629

LCCN:

2015034502

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)