Retreat from a rising sea
Subtitle: hard decisions in an age of climate change
By: Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Keith C. Pilkey
Contributors: Pilkey-Jarvis, Linda, author; Pilkey, Keith C., 1965- author
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780231168441
Subjects: Coast changes; Shore protection; Sea level; Global warming; Coastal zone management
Other titles: Hard choices in an age of climate change
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Control + alt + retreat; title: The overflowing ocean; title: The fate of two doomed cities : Miami and New Orleans; title: New and Old Amsterdam : New York City and The Netherlands; title: Cities on the brink; title: The taxpayers and the beach house; title: Coastal calamities : how geology affects the fate of the shoreline; title: Drowning in place : infrastructure and landmarks in the age of sea-level rise; title: The cruelest wave : climate refugees; title: Deny, debate, and delay; title: Ghosts of the past, promise of the future.