Sea Level Rise : A Slow Tsunami on America's Shores /

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The consequences of twenty-first-century sea level rise on the United States and its nearly 90,000 miles of shoreline will be immense: Miami and New Orleans will disappear; many nuclear and other power plants, hundreds of wastewater plants and toxic waste sites, and oil production facilities will be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- (Autor), Pilkey, Keith C., 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
Meeresspiegel
Klimaänderung
Überflutung
Umweltschaden
Shore protection.
Sea level.
Flood insurance.
Environmental refugees.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Climatic changes > Political aspects.
Climatic changes > Health aspects.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects.
Assurance contre les inondations > États-Unis.
Rivage > Protection > États-Unis.
Climat > Changements > Aspect economique > États-Unis.
Climat > Changements > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Refugies environnementaux > États-Unis.
Mer > Niveau > États-Unis.
Flood insurance > United States.
Shore protection > United States.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > United States.
Climatic changes > Political aspects > United States.
Climatic changes > Health aspects > United States.
Climatic changes > Social aspects > United States.
Environmental refugees > United States.
Sea level > United States.
USA
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Flee the sea : climate refugees
  • The end of the Inupiat way of life
  • Lord willing and the creek don't rise : sunny day flooding
  • Dirty waters and worried minds : health concerns in an age of climate change
  • The front line in the battle : the U.S. military
  • At-risk coastal environments : is resilience futile?
  • The environmental impact of surging seas : life at the edge
  • Inundated infrastructure : imperiled energy facilities
  • Coastal catastrophes : cities on the brink
  • Under water : National Flood Insurance and climate gentrification
  • What you can do about sea level rise.

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