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Under Fire and Under Water Volume 16 - Wildfire, Flooding, and the Fight for Climate Resilience in the American West
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Under Fire and Under Water Volume 16 - Wildfire, Flooding, and the Fight for Climate Resilience in the American West
Series: The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series
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Epic wildfire. Devastating drought. Cataclysmic flooding. Extreme
weather in the wake of climate change threatens to turn the
American West into a region hostile to human habitation—a
“Great American Desert,” as early US explorers once mislabeled
it. As Bruce E. Cain suggests in this timely book, the unique
complex of politics, technology, and logistics that once won the
West must be rethought and reconfigured to win it anew in the face
of a widespread accelerating threat. The challenges posed by
increasingly extreme weather in the West are complicated by the
region’s history, the deliberate fractiousness of the American
political system, and the idiosyncrasies of human behavior—all of
which Cain considers, separately and together, in Under Fire and
Under Water. He analyzes how, in spite of coastal flooding and
spreading wildfires, people continue to move into, and even rebuild
in, risky areas; how local communities are slow to take protective
measures; and how individual beliefs, past adaptation practices and
infrastructure, and complex governing arrangements across
jurisdictions combine to flout real progress. Driving Cain’s
analysis is the conviction that understanding the habits and
politics that lead to procrastination and obstruction is critical
to finding solutions and making necessary adaptations to the
changing climate. As a detailed look at the rising stakes and
urgency of the various interconnected issues, this book is an
important first step toward that understanding—and consequently
toward the rethinking and reengineering that will allow people to
live sustainably in the American West under the conditions of
future global warming.
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Imprint: |
University of Oklahoma Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Bruce E. Cain
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
166 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8061-9320-5 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8061-9320-4 |
Barcode: |
9780806193205 |
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