Against the seas : saving civilizations from rising waters /
"What can we learn about coping with rising sea levels from ancient times? The scenario we are facing is scary: within a few decades, sea levels around the world may well rise by a metre or more as glaciers and ice caps melt due to climate change. Large parts of our coastal cities will be flood...
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| Hōputu: | Licensed eBooks |
| Reo: | Ingarihi |
| I whakaputaina: |
Toronto, Ontario :
Dundurn Press,
[2023]
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| Urunga tuihono: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3579522 |
Rārangi ihirangi:
- Part 1: Rising Waters
- Musical Interlude
- 1 The Sinking City
- 2 Those Mythic Floods
- Part 2: Taking Back the Land, Living with Water
- Musical Interlude
- 3 Fighting Back
- 4 Wresting a Home from the Sea
- Part 3: Rivers, Deltas, and Estuaries : The Battle Between Water and Land
- Three Examples
- Musical Interlude
- 5 Shanghai
- 6 Dhaka and the Sundarbans
- 7 The Salish Sea, Vancouver, and Seattle
- Part 4: Where We Go from Here
- Musical Interlude
- 8 What Can Be Done
- What Will Be Done?
- Part 5: No Time to Waste
- Musical Interlude
- 9 The Rainbow