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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   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 Ga Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.34922 Ga Checked In Add Copy to MyList CLOSED TEMPORARILY: Honokaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 GAUL Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kahuku P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 Ga Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 Ga Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 Ga Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 Ga Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 Ga Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kealakekua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 Ga Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34922 Ga Checked In Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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