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Taking Chances

The Coast after Hurricane Sandy

Taking Chances( )
Editor: O'Neill, Karen M.
Van Abs, Daniel J.
Contribution by: O'Neill, Karen M.
Van Abs, Daniel J.
Gramling, Robert B.
Decker, Steven G.
Robinson, David A.
Hess, Daniel Baldwin
Conley, Brian W.
Thomas, Adelle
Koning, Ashley
Redlaswk, Daniel
Burger, Joanna
Niles, Larry
Oberg, Angela
Flagg, Julia A.
McCay, Bonnie
Clay, Patricia M.
Colburn, Lisa L.
Gould, Kenneth A.
Lewis, Tammy L.
Hewitt, Mark Alan
Holcomb, Briavel
Andrews, Clinton J.
Leckner, Mariana
McDermott, Melanie
Mitchell, James K.
Felder, Frank A.
Chandramowli, Shankar
ISBN:978-0-8135-7376-2
Publication Date:Jun 2016
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $33.95USD $40.95
Book Description:

Bringing together leading researchers--including biologists, urban  planners, utilities experts, and climatologists, among others--Taking Chances illuminates the reactions to the dangers revealed by Hurricane Sandy. Focusing on New Jersey, New York, and other hard-hit areas, the contributors explore whether Sandy has indeed transformed our perceptions of coastal hazards, if we have made radically new plans in response to Sandy, and what we think should be done...
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Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Nature / Natural Disasters
Nature / Natural Resources
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.4 Inches
Book Weight:0.77 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Joanna Burger, a distinguished professor of biology at Rutgers, has authored two academic books on bird behavior, & has written five books for lay readers, two of which she co-authored with her husband, Michael Gochfeld, a professor of environmental & community medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. They live in Somerset, New Jersey.

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