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 |
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| New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 | ||
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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->
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| New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 | ||
| 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->
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| New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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