Preface
Introduction
Part I: A Warming Climate Drives Coastal Storms and Rising Seas
Coastal Storms, Coastal Nightmare
Sea Level Rise Projections: Trending Upward
Measuring the Shifting Coast
Part II: Storms and Rising Seas Disrupt the American Coast
Scale and Economic Cost of the Coming Inundation
Coastal Storm and Sea Level Rise Risks to Critical Infrastructure
Coastal Ecosystems Facing Inundation: Wetlands and Beaches
Private Sector Losses as Seas Rise: Tourism, Fishing, and Energy
Part III: A Nation Unprepared for Coastal Storms and Rising Seas
The Politics of Coastal Storms and Rising Seas
National Flood Insurance Program: Coastal Misdirection
Coastal Disaster Planning: Preparing for the Wrong Hazard
Coastal Management Problems: Overcommitted and Underfunded
National Planning for Climate Change: An Answer to Coastal Inundation?- Part IV: States, Communities, and Businesses Cope with Coastal Storms and Rising Seas
Novel Challenges of Storms and Rising Seas
State and Community Choices in Preparing for a Changing Coast
Relocation: Often the Inevitable Choice
Social and Psychological Dimensions of Storms and Rising Seas
Business Community Response to Storms and Rising Seas
Part V: Campaign for a New Coast
Framework for a National Storm and Sea Level Rise Program
Funding Coastal Storm and Sea Level Rise Preparedness
Campaign for a New Coast
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Appendices
Endnotes.