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

Main entry:

Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934-2024, author.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2018.

Description:

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

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-205) and index.
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.

Summary:

Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major storms will inundate areas farther inland and will lay waste to critical infrastructure, such as water-treatment and energy facilities, creating vast, irreversible pollution by decimating landfills and toxic-waste sites. This big-picture, policy-oriented book explains in gripping terms what rising oceans will do to coastal cities and the drastic actions we must take now to remove vulnerable populations.

ISBN:

9780231168458 (paperback)
0231168454 (paperback)

Subject:

Coast changes.
Sea level.
Shore protection.
Global warming.
Coastal zone management.
Littoral Modifications.
Mer Niveau.
Rivage Protection.
Réchauffement de la Terre.
Littoral Aménagement.
sea level.
global warming.

Added entries:

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

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300012
Call No.: BIB 246171
Status: Available

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