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Pilkey, Orrin H., (1934-)

Retreat from a rising sea : = hard choices in an age of climate change /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Retreat from a rising sea :/ Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, and Keith C. Pilkey
Reminder of title:	hard choices in an age of climate change /
Author:	Pilkey, Orrin H.,
other author:	Pilkey-Jarvis, Linda,
Description:	1 online resource :illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) :
Notes:	Previously issued in print : 2016
Subject:	Coast changes -
Online resource:	http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/COLB0002367.html
ISBN:	9780231541800$q(ebook)

Retreat from a rising sea : = hard choices in an age of climate change /
Pilkey, Orrin H.,1934-

Retreat from a rising sea :hard choices in an age of climate change /Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, and Keith C. Pilkey - 1 online resource :illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white)

Previously issued in print : 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index

With its 28-foot storm surge and 174 mph winds, 2005's Hurricane Katrina was responsible for nearly 2,000 deaths and more than

Specialized

ISBN: 9780231541800$q(ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1175667
Coast changes

LC Class. No.: TC330 / .P55 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 333.917

Retreat from a rising sea : = hard choices in an age of climate change /
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504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index
520 $a With its 28-foot storm surge and 174 mph winds, 2005's Hurricane Katrina was responsible for nearly 2,000 deaths and more than $1 00 billion in damage. The event was only a preview of what will soon hit coastal communities as climate change increases the power of storms that can lay waste to critical infrastructure, such as water-treatment and energy facilities, and create 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 need to take now to remove vulnerable populations
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588 $a Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 9, 2016)
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