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Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change
Orrin H. Pilkey
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Description for Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPQB; PDA; RGBP; RND; RNPG; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major storms will inundate areas farther inland and will lay waste to critical infrastructure, such as water-treatment and energy facilities, creating vast, irreversible pollution by decimating landfills and toxic-waste sites. This big-picture, policy-oriented book explains in gripping terms what rising oceans will do to coastal cities and the drastic actions we must take now to remove vulnerable ... Read more
Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major storms will inundate areas farther inland and will lay waste to critical infrastructure, such as water-treatment and energy facilities, creating vast, irreversible pollution by decimating landfills and toxic-waste sites. This big-picture, policy-oriented book explains in gripping terms what rising oceans will do to coastal cities and the drastic actions we must take now to remove vulnerable ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
508g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231168441
SKU
V9780231168441
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About Orrin H. Pilkey
Orrin H. Pilkey is James B. Duke Professor Emeritus, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, at Duke University. His books include A Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands and Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future. Linda Pilkey-Jarvis is a geologist at the Washington State Department of Ecology, where she helps manage the state's oil-spills program. She ... Read more
Reviews for Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change
Retreat from a Rising Sea is a landmark work long overdue. The book offers deep analysis, case histories, and names villains of denial. It offers visions, solutions, and historic examples of how coastal cities and communities have dealt in the past and will need to cope in the future with rising coastal risks. It is a must-read for coastal residents ... Read more