The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coasts

by Gilbert M Gaul

• ISBN10: 0374160805
• ISBN13: 9780374160807
• Publish Date: 3 September 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Sarah Crichton Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[Jeff Sexton]

A Warning For The Entire US Eastern And Gulf Coasts. This book is fairly comprehensive in its history of coastal development, with particular emphasis on the back bays of New Jersey but also discussing development all the way South to Florida and up along the Florida Gulf Coast all the way to Galveston Bay and Houston, with detailed discussions of Mobile and New Orleans along the way. And even discounting its heavy emphasis on global warming / global cooling / climate change / whatever the alarmists are calling it these days, the book paints a very stark picture about just how much coastal redevelopment costs people all over the country, including the landlocked midwest, due to heavy Federal subsidies in the post-WWII era. Its ultimate points are solid, yet it is also extremely realistic that the best solution to the problem is extremely politically unlikely. Very much recommended reading, and certainly a discussion that should factor into election discussions going into the 2020 Presidential race.