Retreat from a Rising Sea | New in Climate and Environmental Science

Three Environmentalists Call for an End to the Development of our Shorelines

3 Environmentalists Urge the Depopulation of our Shorelines Before It's Too Late   SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL & CLIMATE SCIENCE NEW RELEASES Retreat from a Rising Sea Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis,  and  Keith C. Pilkey 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. 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. * Read the chapter, "Control + Alt + Retreat" * Orrin Pilkey on the costs of ignoring the rising sea * Is New York City prepared for climate change? * Developers Don't Get It: Climate Change Means We Need to Retreat from the Coast $29.95 $20.97 | Cloth | 208 pages | 32 color illus. | £19.95*   USE COUPON CODE "EMAIL" AND SAVE 30%   *Customers in UK, Europe, and Middle East please contact customer@wiley.com STAY CONNECTED

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