The geography of risk : epic storms, rising seas, and the cost of America's coasts /
The costliest hurricanes in American history have all occurred in the past two decades. But who bears the financial brunt of these monster storms? It is no accident that five of the most destructive hurricanes in the last hundred years have made landfall since 2005, Katrina ($161 billion), Ike ($40...
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New York :
Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.