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Adapting to rising sea levels : legal challenges and opportunities / Margaret E. Peloso.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peloso, Margaret, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Law and legislation--United States.
- Climatic changes.
- Sea level--Government policy--United States.
- Sea level.
- Government policy.
- Climatic changes--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 330 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Introduction to sea level rise
- Defining coastal vulnerability and the need for coastal management
- The role of federal insurance and disaster relief programs
- Key legal principles to understand sea level rise adaptation
- California
- North Carolina
- Texas
- Lessons for policy makers
- Challenges for corporations in adapting to sea level rise.
- Notes:
- Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Duke University, 2010).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611636185
- 1611636183
- OCLC:
- 962442464
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