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100 1 _aVerchick, Robert R. M.,
245 1 4 _aThe octopus in the parking garage :
_ba call for climate resilience /
_cRob Verchick.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2023]
300 _a274 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"One cloudy day in Miami, an octopus was found in the parking garage of a fancy condominium complex. How it got there is a tale of quirky plumbing and climate breakdown. (In brief, sea-level rise caused a storm drain to reverse and burp out the cephalopod.) A funny Instagram meme, "the octopus in the parking garage" is also an eight-armed alarm bell, part of an urgent call to prepare ourselves for all the things that soaring heat, rising seas, and suped-up storms can do to us. It's a call for communities to develop climate resilience. That means "bouncing back better." Or as an expert might say, managing and recovering from a climate impact in a way that allows a community to learn, adapt, and thrive. This book explains, to non-experts, how we can manage current and future hazards of climate change that we can no longer avoid. How do we reach across party lines and get people to care more? How do we make plans that are flexible enough to handle surprises? How do we involve and address disadvantaged communities, which already bear the brunt of environmental risk? When do we resist? When do we adjust? When do we retreat? And by the way, who gets to decide? The book will take readers on a community-oriented journey, laying out the options and offering guidelines and insights to shape the conversation"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aAdaptation (Biology)
650 0 _aHuman beings
_xEffect of climate on.
650 0 _aNatural disasters
_xRisk assessment.
650 0 _aResilience (Ecology)
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aVerchick, Robert R. M.
_tOctopus in the parking garage
_dNew York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
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