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A New Coast - Strategies for Responding to Devastating Storms and Rising Seas (Paperback)
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A New Coast - Strategies for Responding to Devastating Storms and Rising Seas (Paperback)
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More severe storms and rising seas will inexorably push the
American coastline inland with profound impact on communities,
infrastructure, and natural systems. In A New Coast, Jeffrey
Peterson draws a comprehensive picture of how storms and rising
seas will change the coast. Peterson offers a clear-eyed assessment
of how governments can work with the private sector and citizens to
be better prepared for the coming coastal inundation. Drawing on
four decades of experience at the Environmental Protection Agency
and the United States Senate, Peterson presents the science behind
predictions for coastal impacts. He explains how current policies
fall short of what is needed to effectively prepare for these
changes and how the Trump Administration has significantly weakened
these efforts. While describing how and why the current policies
exist, he builds a strong case for a bold, new approach, tackling
difficult topics including: how to revise flood insurance and
disaster assistance programs; when to step back from the coast
rather than build protection structures; how to steer new
development away from at-risk areas; and how to finance the
transition to a new coast. Key challenges, including how to protect
critical infrastructure, ecosystems, and disadvantaged populations,
are examined. Ultimately, Peterson offers hope in the form of a
framework of new national policies and programs to support local
and state governments. He calls for engagement from the private
sector and local and national leaders in a "campaign for a new
coast." A New Coast is a compelling assessment of the dramatic
changes that are coming to America's coast. Peterson offers
insights and strategies for policymakers, planners, and business
leaders preparing for the intensifying impacts of climate change
along the coast.
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