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Over the Seawall : Tsunamis, Cyclones, Drought, and the Delusion of Controlling Nature.

Miller, Stephen Robert.
2023
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Title
Over the Seawall : Tsunamis, Cyclones, Drought, and the Delusion of Controlling Nature.
Author
Miller, Stephen Robert.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781642832570
9781642832563
Published
Washington, D. C. : Island Press, 2023.
Copyright
©2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (266 pages).
Call Number
GB5014
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.34
Summary
In March 2011, people in a coastal Japanese city stood atop a seawall watching the approach of the tsunami that would kill them.They believed--naively--that the huge concrete barrier would save them.Instead they perished, betrayed by the very thing built to protect them.
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Title Page
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Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Soutei-Gai-Northeastern Japan
Part II: Pagal, by Any Other Name-Southwest Bangladesh
Part III: The Audacity of Desert Living-Central Arizona
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author
Index.

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