Pilkey, Orrin H.,  1934- <br/><br/>
Retreat from a rising sea :  hard choices in an age of climate change / 
Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, and Keith C. Pilkey. 
 - xx, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations, some color ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Control + alt + retreat -- 2. The overflowing ocean : the how and why of sea-level rise -- The fate of two doomed cities : Miami and New Orleans -- New and Old Amsterdam : New York City and The Netherlands -- Cities on the brink -- The taxpayers and the beach house -- Coastal calamities : how geology affects the fate of the shoreline -- Drowning in place: infrastructure and landmarks in the age of sea-level rise -- The cruelest wave: climate refugees -- Deny, debate, and delay -- Ghosts of the past, promise of the Future. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231168441 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015034502 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Coast changes.<br/>Sea level.<br/>Shore protection.<br/>Global warming.<br/>Coastal zone management.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TC330  / .P55 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.917