A New Coast Strategies for Responding to Devastating Storms and Rising Seas /

"This is a timely book... [It] should be mandatory reading for all persons seeking election to high public office. Followed by a test, with posted grades." Minnesota Star Tribune "A New Coast is a compelling assessment of the dramatic changes that are coming to America's coast. P...

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Detaylı Bibliyografya
Yazar: Peterson, Jeffrey (Yazar)
Müşterek Yazar: SpringerLink (Online service)
Materyal Türü: e-Kitap
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2019.
Edisyon:1st ed. 2019.
Konular:
Environmental policy.
Physical geography.
Political science.
Climatology.
Environmental Policy.
Earth System Sciences.
Political Science.
Climate Sciences.
Online Erişim:Full-text access
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İçindekiler:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I: A Warming Climate Drives Coastal Storms and Rising Seas
  • Coastal Storms, Coastal Nightmare
  • Sea Level Rise Projections: Trending Upward
  • Measuring the Shifting Coast
  • Part II: Storms and Rising Seas Disrupt the American Coast
  • Scale and Economic 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 Hazard
  • 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 Stormsand Rising Seas
  • State and Community Choices in Preparing for a Changing Coast
  • Relocation: Often the Inevitable Choice
  • Social and Psychological Dimensions of Storms and Rising Seas
  • Business Community Response to Storms and Rising Seas
  • 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.

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