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A new coast : strategies for responding to devastating storms and rising seas /
More severe storms and rising seas will inexorably push the American coastline inland with profound impact on communities, infrastructure, and natural systems. In A New Coast, Jeffrey Peterson draws a comprehensive picture of how storms and rising seas will change the coast. Peterson offers a clear-...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press,
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: A Warming Climate Drives Coastal Storms and Rising Seas
- Coastal Storms, Coastal Nightmare
- Sea Level Rise Projections: Trending Upward
- Measuring a Shifting Coast
- Part II: Storms and Rising Seas Disrupt the American Coast
- Scale and Cost of the Coming Inundation
- Coastal Storm and Sea Level Rise Risks to Critical Infrastructure
- Coastal Ecosystems Facing Inundation: Wetlands and Beaches
- Private Sector Losses as Seas Rise: Tourism, Fishing, and Energy
- Part III: A Nation Unprepared for Coastal Storms and Rising Seas
- The Politics of Coastal Storms and Rising Seas
- National Flood Insurance Program: Coastal Misdirection
- Coastal Disaster Planning: Preparing for the Wrong Hazards
- Coastal Management Problems: Overcommitted and Underfunded
- National Planning for Climate Change: An Answer to Coastal Inundation?- Part IV: States, Communities, and Businesses Cope with Coastal Storms and Rising Seas
- Novel Challenges of Storms and Rising Seas
- State and Community Choices in Preparing for a Changing Coast
- Relocation: Often the Inevitable Choice
- Social and Psychological Dimensions of Coastal Storms and Rising Seas
- Business Community Response to Coastal Risks
- Part V: Campaign for a New Coast
- Framework for a National Storm and Sea Level Rise Program
- Funding Coastal Storm and Sea Level Rise Preparedness
- Campaign for a New Coast
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Appendices
- Endnotes.