TY - BOOK AU - Pilkey,Orrin H. AU - Pilkey-Jarvis,Linda AU - Pilkey,Keith C. TI - Retreat from a rising sea: hard choices in an age of climate change SN - 9780231168441 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - TC330 .P55 2016 U1 - 333.917 23 PY - 2016///] CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Coast changes KW - Sea level KW - Shore protection KW - Global warming KW - Coastal zone management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -