TY - BOOK ID - 80837726 TI - Retreat from a rising sea : hard choices in an age of climate change AU - Pilkey, Orrin H. AU - Pilkey-Jarvis, Linda AU - Pilkey, Keith C. PY - 2016 SN - 0231541805 9780231541800 0231168446 9780231168441 PB - New York, [New York] : Columbia University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Coast changes. KW - Sea level. KW - Shore protection. KW - Global warming. KW - Global warming KW - Warming, Global KW - Global temperature changes KW - Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric KW - Beach erosion KW - Coast protection KW - Coast protective works KW - Coastal zone management KW - Coastal engineering KW - Hydraulic engineering KW - Reclamation of land KW - Mean sea level KW - Sea level rise KW - Oceanography KW - Water levels KW - Coastal erosion KW - Coasts KW - Shore erosion KW - Littoral drift KW - Physical geography KW - Environmental aspects KW - Prevention KW - Erosion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80837726 AB - 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 populations.The authors detail specific threats faced by Miami, New Orleans, New York, and Amsterdam. Aware of the overwhelming social, political, and economic challenges that would accompany effective action, they consider the burden to the taxpayer and the logistics of moving landmarks and infrastructure, including toxic-waste sites. They also show readers the alternative: thousands of environmental refugees, with no legitimate means to regain what they have lost. The authors conclude with effective approaches for addressing climate-change denialism and powerful arguments for reforming U.S. federal coastal management policies. ER -