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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11121183.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "September, remember -- The great beach -- Armor -- Unkind cuts -- Unnatural appetite -- Cause and effect -- The big one -- Clues -- Constituency of ignorance -- For sale.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 279 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0231084188".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Columbia University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "333.91/715/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Beach erosion United States.".
- catalog subject "Coast changes United States.".
- catalog subject "Coastal zone management United States.".
- catalog subject "GB460.A2 D4 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "September, remember -- The great beach -- Armor -- Unkind cuts -- Unnatural appetite -- Cause and effect -- The big one -- Clues -- Constituency of ignorance -- For sale.".
- catalog title "Against the tide : the battle for America's beaches / Cornelia Dean.".
- catalog type "text".