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Just seconds from the ocean : coastal living in the wake of Katrina / William Sargent.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sargent, William, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coast changes--United States.
- Coast changes.
- Coastal zone management--United States.
- Coastal zone management.
- Hurricanes.
- United States.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Environmental aspects.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
- Hurricanes--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 142 pages : maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover : University Press of New England, [2007]
- Contents:
- The problem: coastal erosion, global warming, and hurricanes
- Coastal erosion: Cape Cod
- Hurricanes: too much of a good thing
- New Orleans
- The big one: 2005
- New Orleans: the city too big for its breaches
- First decisions
- "All the king's horses and all the king's men":
- Donald Powell, Spring 2006
- Shrimpin' the full moon tide
- Up the coast: the great Miami hurricane, September 18, 1926
- Florida today
- Cayo Costa, May 20, 2006
- "Our town": Ipswich, Massachusetts, May 9-22, 2006
- Legalities: Topsail Island, North Carolina, June 5, 2006
- The Ash Wednesday storm, New Jersey, March 5-8, 1962
- The Big Apple: the 1938 hurricane, New York
- A tale of two cities: Galveston and Indianola, the 1900 storm
- Beach renourishment: instant gratification?
- The future
- Rearranging deck chairs?: July 2006
- Monday night football: the case for optimism, September 24, 2006
- Just seconds from the ocean: Codfish Park, Nantucket.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-137) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1878 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781584656890
- 1584656891
- OCLC:
- 176860946
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