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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Gaul, Gilbert M., author.     Subjects     Hurricanes -- Economic aspects -- United States.     Hurricane damage -- United States.     Coastal zone management -- United States.     Coastal settlements -- United States.     Coast changes -- United States.     Sea level -- United States.     Shore protection -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gaul, Gilbert M., author.       by title:      The geography of ris...         MARC Display

The geography of risk : epic storms, rising seas, and the cost of America's coasts / Gilbert M. Gaul. by Gaul, Gilbert M., author. New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. Subjects Hurricanes -- Economic aspects -- United States.   Hurricane damage -- United States.   Coastal zone management -- United States.   Coastal settlements -- United States.   Coast changes -- United States.   Sea level -- United States.   Shore protection -- United States. ISBN:  9780374160807 (hardcover alkaline paper) : 0374160805 (hardcover alkaline paper) : Description:  286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Introduction: The old man and the sea -- Part I: Building the modern coast. Troubled waters ; 1. The deal of the century ; 2. Blue-collar houses ; 3. Manufacturing dirt ; 4. Five-high : the Ash Wednesday storm of 1962 -- Part II: The political economy of water. 5. The Bantam mayor ; 6. A brief shining moment ; 7. The revolt at St. Francis ; 8. Tipping point -- Part III: Disaster capitalism : catastrophies, subsidies, and bailouts. Acts of God and man ; 9. Federalizing disasters ; 10. A flood of trouble ; 11. The secret history of sand ; 12. The unluckiest island in America -- Part IV: The coming storm : fat tails, rising water, and the nature of risk. 13. Building a better hurricane ; 14. A finger in the dike ; 15. Drowning fast and slow ; 16. The problem with the bays -- Epilogue: The future is now. Requests:  0 Summary:  It is no accident that five of the most destructive hurricanes in the last hundred years have made landfall since 2005: Americans have built $3 trillion worth of property in some of the riskiest places on earth: barrier islands and coastal floodplains prone to hurricanes and epic floods. And they have been encouraged to do so by what Gaul reveals to be a confounding array of federal subsidies, tax breaks, low-interest loans, disaster recovery grants, and government flood insurance programs that shift risk at the beach from private investors to public taxpayers. -- adapted from jacket   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Pahala P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 Ga Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 Ga Lost 02/25/2020 Add Copy to MyList More Results: Prev 1 2

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