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Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Keith C. Pilkey
Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Keith C. Pilkey
Autore Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina 333.917
Soggetto topico Coast changes
Sea level
Shore protection
Global warming
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-231-54180-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Control + Alt + Retreat -- 2. The Overflowing Ocean -- 3. The Fate of Two Doomed Cities: Miami and New Orleans -- 4 New and Old Amsterdam: New York City and the Netherlands -- 5. Cities on the Brink -- 6. The Taxpayers and the Beach House -- 7. Coastal Calamities: How Geology Affects the Fate of the Shoreline -- 8. Drowning in Place: Infrastructure and Landmarks in the Age of Sea-Level Rise -- 9. The Cruelest Wave: Climate Refugees -- 10. Deny, Debate, and Delay -- 11. Ghosts of the Past, Promise of the Future -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910465596803321
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->  
New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Keith C. Pilkey
Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Keith C. Pilkey
Autore Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina 333.917
Soggetto topico Coast changes
Sea level
Shore protection
Global warming
ISBN 0-231-54180-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Control + Alt + Retreat -- 2. The Overflowing Ocean -- 3. The Fate of Two Doomed Cities: Miami and New Orleans -- 4 New and Old Amsterdam: New York City and the Netherlands -- 5. Cities on the Brink -- 6. The Taxpayers and the Beach House -- 7. Coastal Calamities: How Geology Affects the Fate of the Shoreline -- 8. Drowning in Place: Infrastructure and Landmarks in the Age of Sea-Level Rise -- 9. The Cruelest Wave: Climate Refugees -- 10. Deny, Debate, and Delay -- 11. Ghosts of the Past, Promise of the Future -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910798109803321
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->  
New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Keith C. Pilkey
Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Keith C. Pilkey
Autore Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina 333.917
Soggetto topico Coast changes
Sea level
Shore protection
Global warming
ISBN 0-231-54180-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Control + Alt + Retreat -- 2. The Overflowing Ocean -- 3. The Fate of Two Doomed Cities: Miami and New Orleans -- 4 New and Old Amsterdam: New York City and the Netherlands -- 5. Cities on the Brink -- 6. The Taxpayers and the Beach House -- 7. Coastal Calamities: How Geology Affects the Fate of the Shoreline -- 8. Drowning in Place: Infrastructure and Landmarks in the Age of Sea-Level Rise -- 9. The Cruelest Wave: Climate Refugees -- 10. Deny, Debate, and Delay -- 11. Ghosts of the Past, Promise of the Future -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910809302103321
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->  
New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The rising sea [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young
The rising sea [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young
Autore Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (216 p.)
Disciplina 363.34/93
Altri autori (Persone) YoungRob <1963->
Soggetto topico Sea level
Coast changes
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-59726-643-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Living on the edge -- Why the sea is rising -- Predicting the unpredictable -- The 800-pound gorillas -- A sea of denial -- The living coasts -- People and the rising sea -- Ground zero : the Mississippi Delta -- Sounding retreat.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910458041103321
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->  
Washington, D.C., : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The rising sea [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young
The rising sea [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young
Autore Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (216 p.)
Disciplina 363.34/93
Altri autori (Persone) YoungRob <1963->
Soggetto topico Sea level
Coast changes
ISBN 1-59726-643-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Living on the edge -- Why the sea is rising -- Predicting the unpredictable -- The 800-pound gorillas -- A sea of denial -- The living coasts -- People and the rising sea -- Ground zero : the Mississippi Delta -- Sounding retreat.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781859003321
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->  
Washington, D.C., : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The rising sea [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young
The rising sea [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young
Autore Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (216 p.)
Disciplina 363.34/93
Altri autori (Persone) YoungRob <1963->
Soggetto topico Sea level
Coast changes
ISBN 1-59726-643-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Living on the edge -- Why the sea is rising -- Predicting the unpredictable -- The 800-pound gorillas -- A sea of denial -- The living coasts -- People and the rising sea -- Ground zero : the Mississippi Delta -- Sounding retreat.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910811347403321
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->  
Washington, D.C., : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Vanishing sands : losing beaches to mining / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo, William J. Neal, Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago, Keith C. Pilkey, and Hannah L. Hayes
Vanishing sands : losing beaches to mining / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo, William J. Neal, Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago, Keith C. Pilkey, and Hannah L. Hayes
Autore Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2022
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (265 pages)
Disciplina 577.69/9
Soggetto topico Sand and gravel mines and mining - Environmental aspects
Coasts - Environmental aspects
Sea level - Environmental aspects
Beaches - Environmental aspects
Seashore ecology
Mines and mineral resources - Environmental aspects
ISBN 1-4780-2343-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Who's Mining the Shore? -- Sand: Earth's Most Remarkable Mineral Resource -- Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia's Sandpile -- The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders -- Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow -- Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean -- A Summoner's Thirteen Tales: South America's Coastal Sand Mining -- A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive -- Africa Sands: Desert Abundance-Coastal Dearth -- Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910747001203321
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->  
Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2022
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Vanishing sands : losing beaches to mining / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo, William J. Neal, Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago, Keith C. Pilkey, and Hannah L. Hayes
Vanishing sands : losing beaches to mining / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo, William J. Neal, Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago, Keith C. Pilkey, and Hannah L. Hayes
Autore Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2022
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (265 pages)
Disciplina 577.69/9
Soggetto topico Sand and gravel mines and mining - Environmental aspects
Coasts - Environmental aspects
Sea level - Environmental aspects
Beaches - Environmental aspects
Seashore ecology
Mines and mineral resources - Environmental aspects
ISBN 1-4780-2343-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Who's Mining the Shore? -- Sand: Earth's Most Remarkable Mineral Resource -- Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia's Sandpile -- The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders -- Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow -- Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean -- A Summoner's Thirteen Tales: South America's Coastal Sand Mining -- A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive -- Africa Sands: Desert Abundance-Coastal Dearth -- Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions.
Record Nr. UNISA-996571861203316
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->  
Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2022
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
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The world's beaches [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.]
The world's beaches [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.]
Autore Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (301 p.)
Disciplina 551.45/7
Soggetto topico Beaches
Seashore
Coasts
Coast changes
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-27801-4
9786613278012
0-520-94894-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto pt. 1. The global character of beaches -- pt. 2. How to read a beach -- pt. 3. The global threat to beaches.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910456711803321
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The world's beaches [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.]
The world's beaches [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.]
Autore Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (301 p.)
Disciplina 551.45/7
Soggetto topico Beaches
Seashore
Coasts
Coast changes
Soggetto non controllato arctic beaches
bars
beach ecosystems
beach environments
beach guides
beach variety
beaches
berms
blisters
coastal engineering
color photographs
cusps
dunes
earth sciences
global beaches
guidebook
illustrated
maps
natural sciences
natural variety
nonfiction
oceans
oil spills
pollution
ripples
rising sea levels
scientists
shell lags
shorelines
tides
tourist destinations
tropical shores
washover fans
waves
wind
wrack lines
ISBN 1-283-27801-4
9786613278012
0-520-94894-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto pt. 1. The global character of beaches -- pt. 2. How to read a beach -- pt. 3. The global threat to beaches.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781493003321
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui