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The great displacement : climate change and the next American migration / Jake Bittle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bittle, Jake, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental refugees--United States.
- Environmental refugees.
- Forced migration--United States.
- Forced migration.
- Climatic changes--Social aspects--United States.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 345 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Climate change and the next American migration.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
- Summary:
- "The untold story of climate migration-the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities being torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us as we confront a changing future"-- Provided by publisher.
- We think about the dangers of climate change in the future tense: that as global warming gets worse over the coming decades, millions of people will scatter around the world fleeing famine and rising seas. What we often don't realize is that the consequences of climate change are already visible, right here in the United States. Bittle shows that, from fire-scorched California to the soaked watersheds of inland North Carolina, people are moving. Insurance and mortgage markets are already shifting to reflect mounting climate risk, pricing people out of risky areas. He tells the stories of those already experiencing life on the move, and show how radically climate change will transform our lives-- and reshape the geography of the United States. -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The End Of The Earth
- Climate Change And The Age Of Permanent Disaster Big Pine Key, Florida
- ch. 2 After The Flood
- Managed Retreat And Its Victims Kinston, North Carolina
- ch. 3 Burnout
- Wildfires, Insurance, And The Housing Crisis Santa Rosa, California
- ch. 4 The Story Of The Verdins
- Coastal Erosion And Cultural Extinction Pointe-Au-Chien, Louisiana
- ch. 5 Frankenstein City
- Flood Control And Urban Inequality Houston, Texas
- ch. 6 Why Should Phis A Desert Be?
- Drought, Agriculture, And The Era Of Expansion Pinal County, Arizona
- ch. 7 Bailout
- Rising Seas And Falling Markets Norfolk, Virginia
- ch. 8 Where Will We Go?
- A New American Geography.
- Notes:
- Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability - Shortlist, 2024
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-336) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bittle, Jake. Great displacement
- ISBN:
- 9781982178253
- 1982178256
- OCLC:
- 1281137523
- Publisher Number:
- 99992925200
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