LEADER 04060nam 2200733 450 001 9910465596803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-54180-5 024 7 $a10.7312/pilk16844 035 $a(CKB)3710000000656061 035 $a(EBL)4508924 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001646475 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16416076 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001646475 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14843892 035 $a(PQKB)11212383 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001493008 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4612455 035 $a(DE-B1597)473320 035 $a(OCoLC)948774678 035 $a(OCoLC)979683252 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231541800 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4508924 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4612455 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11321439 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL925305 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4508924 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11221564 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000656061 100 $a20170118h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRetreat from a rising sea $ehard choices in an age of climate change /$fOrrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Keith C. Pilkey 210 1$aNew York, [New York] :$cColumbia University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-16844-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Control + Alt + Retreat -- $t2. The Overflowing Ocean -- $t3. The Fate of Two Doomed Cities: Miami and New Orleans -- $t4 New and Old Amsterdam: New York City and the Netherlands -- $t5. Cities on the Brink -- $t6. The Taxpayers and the Beach House -- $t7. Coastal Calamities: How Geology Affects the Fate of the Shoreline -- $t8. Drowning in Place: Infrastructure and Landmarks in the Age of Sea-Level Rise -- $t9. The Cruelest Wave: Climate Refugees -- $t10. Deny, Debate, and Delay -- $t11. Ghosts of the Past, Promise of the Future -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aMelting 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.The authors detail specific threats faced by Miami, New Orleans, New York, and Amsterdam. Aware of the overwhelming social, political, and economic challenges that would accompany effective action, they consider the burden to the taxpayer and the logistics of moving landmarks and infrastructure, including toxic-waste sites. They also show readers the alternative: thousands of environmental refugees, with no legitimate means to regain what they have lost. The authors conclude with effective approaches for addressing climate-change denialism and powerful arguments for reforming U.S. federal coastal management policies. 606 $aCoast changes 606 $aSea level 606 $aShore protection 606 $aGlobal warming 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCoast changes. 615 0$aSea level. 615 0$aShore protection. 615 0$aGlobal warming. 676 $a333.917 700 $aPilkey$b Orrin H.$f1934-$0962762 702 $aPilkey-Jarvis$b Linda 702 $aPilkey$b Keith C. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465596803321 996 $aRetreat from a rising sea$92456308 997 $aUNINA