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hard decisions in an age of climate change

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Columbia University Press
Language
English
Pages
214

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Subjects
Coast changes, Shore protection, Sea level, Global warming, Coastal zone management

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Retreat from a rising sea: hard decisions in an age of climate change
2016, Columbia University Press
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Titles
Hard choices in an age of climate change

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
333.917
Library of Congress
TC330 .P55 2016, TC330.P55 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 214 pages
Number of pages
214

ID Numbers

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OL27208598M
Internet Archive
retreatfromrisin0000pilk
ISBN 10
0231168446
ISBN 13
9780231168441
LCCN
2015034502
OCLC/WorldCat
928614629

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