A new coast : strategies for responding to devastating storms and rising seas /: strategies for responding to devastating storms and rising seas. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey Peterson.
• Authors: Peterson, Jeffrey L
• Other Names: Island Press, publisher.
• Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: A Warming Climate Drives Coastal Storms and Rising Seas Chapter 1. Coastal Storms, Coastal Nightmare Chapter 2. Sea Level Rise Projections: Trending Upward Chapter 3. Measuring the Shifting Coast Part II: Storms and Rising Seas Disrupt the American Coast Chapter 4. Scale and Economic Cost of the Coming Inundation Chapter 5. Coastal Storm and Sea Level Rise Risks to Critical Infrastructure Chapter 6. Coastal Ecosystems Facing Inundation: Wetlands and Beaches Chapter 7. Private Sector Losses as Seas Rise: Tourism, Fishing, and Energy Part III: A Nation Unprepared for Coastal Storms and Rising Seas Chapter 8. The Politics of Coastal Storms and Rising Seas Chapter 9. National Flood Insurance Program: Coastal Misdirection Chapter 10. Coastal Disaster Planning: Preparing for the Wrong Hazard Chapter 11. Coastal Management Problems: Overcommitted and Underfunded Chapter 12. National Planning for Climate Change: An Answer to Coastal Inundation? Part IV: States, Communities, and Businesses Cope with Coastal Storms and Rising Seas Chapter 13. Novel Challenges of Storms and Rising Seas Chapter 14. State and Community Choices in Preparing for a Changing Coast Chapter 15. Relocation: Often the Inevitable Choice Chapter 16. Social and Psychological Dimensions of Storms and Rising Seas Chapter 17. Business Community Response to Storms and Rising Seas Part V: Campaign for a New Coast Chapter 18. Framework for a National Storm and Sea Level Rise Program Chapter 19. Funding Coastal Storm and Sea Level Rise Preparedness Chapter 20. Campaign for a New Coast ConclusionAcknowledgements Appendices Endnotes.
• Publisher Details: Washington, DC : Island Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 386 pages)
• Subjects: 627.4; Shore protection; Climate change mitigation; Climate change mitigation; Shore protection; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781642830132; 1642830135
• Related ISBNs: 9781642830125; 1642830127
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.