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Against the tide : the battle for America's beaches

Author: Cornelia Dean
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Against the Tide offers a passionate yet evenhanded account of the crisis facing America's beaches - and what we must do to protect them." "With harrowing accounts of natural disasters, lucid explanations of the physics of the beach and coastal ecology, reports of unwise construction, and a clear-eyed elucidation of public policy and conservation issues, this book illustrates in rich detail the conflicting  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Cornelia Dean
ISBN: 0231084188 9780231084185
OCLC Number: 40267776
Description: xiv, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: September, remember --
The great beach --
Armor --
Unkind cuts --
Unnatural appetite --
Cause and effect --
The big one --
Clues --
Constituency of ignorance --
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Responsibility: Cornelia Dean.
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"Against the Tide offers a passionate yet evenhanded account of the crisis facing America's beaches - and what we must do to protect them." "With harrowing accounts of natural disasters, lucid explanations of the physics of the beach and coastal ecology, reports of unwise construction, and a clear-eyed elucidation of public policy and conservation issues, this book illustrates in rich detail the conflicting interests, short-term responses, and long-term imperatives that will shape the future of the American coast."--BOOK JACKET.

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