Taking chances : the coast after Hurricane Sandy / edited by Karen M. O'Neill and Daniel J. Van Abs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Transformational Event, Just Another Storm, or Something in Between? / Karen M. O'Neill, Daniel J. Van Abs, and Robert B. Gramling -- Part One: The Storm. 1. Hurricane Sandy from Meteorological and Climatological Perspectives / Steven G. Decker and David A. Robinson -- 2: A Tough Move to Make: Lessons Learned from Emergency Evacuations in Coastal Connecticut during Hurricane Sandy / Daniel Baldwin Hess and Brian W. Conley -- Part Two: The Days after the Storm. 3: Overlooked Impacts of Hurricane Sandy in the Caribbean / Adelle Thomas -- 4: Polling Post-Hurricane Sandy: The Transformative Personal and Political Impact of the Hurricane in New Jersey / Ashley A. Koning and David P. Redlawsk -- 5: Ecological Injury and Responses to Hurricane Sandy: Physical Damage, Avian and Food Web Responses, and Anthropogenic Attempts to Aid Ecosystem Recovery in New Jersey Estuaries / Joanna Burger and Larry Niles -- 6: Surviving Sandy: Identity and Cultural Resilience in a New Jersey Fishing Community / Angela Oberg, Julia A. Flagg, Patricia M. Clay, Lisa L. Colburn, and Bonnie McCay -- Part Three: Planning for Change? 7: Green Gentrification and Hurricane Sandy: The Resilience of the Green Growth Machine around Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal / Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis -- 8: Boardwalks Reborn: Disaster and Renewal on the Jersey Shore / Mark Alan Hewitt -- Chapter 9: A Sure/Shore Thing? Tourism Recovery in New York and New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy / Briavel Holcomb -- 10: Local Fiscal Impacts of Hurricane Sandy / Clinton J. Andrews -- 11: Local Responses to Hurricane Sandy: Heterogeneous Experiences and Mismatches with Federal Policy / Mariana Leckner, Melanie McDermott, James K. Mitchell, and Karen M. O'Neill -- 12. Water Utilities: Storm Preparedness and Restoration / Daniel J. Van Abs -- 13: Impact of Extreme Events on the Electric Power Sector: Challenges, Vulnerabilities, Institutional Responses, and Planning Implications from Hurricane Sandy / Frank A. Felder and Shankar Chandramowli -- Conclusion: Emerging Responses to Life on the Urbanized Coast after Hurricane Sandy / Daniel J. Van Abs and Karen M. O'Neill -- Notes on Contributors.

Bringing together leading researchers--including biologists, urban planners, utilities experts, and climatologists, among others--Taking Chances illuminates the reactions to the dangers revealed by Hurricane Sandy. Focusing on New Jersey, New York, and other hard-hit areas, the contributors explore whether Sandy has indeed transformed our perceptions of coastal hazards, if we have made radically new plans in response to Sandy, and what we think should be done over the long run.

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