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 |
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 |
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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