Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. Introduction: A Transformational Event, Just Another Storm, or Something in Between? 1
5. Part I: The Storm
6. 1. Hurricane Sandy from Meteorological and Climatological Perspectives 29
7. 2. A Tough Move to Make: Lessons Learned from Emergency Evacuations in Coastal Connecticut during Hurricane Sandy 44
8. Part II. THE DAYS AFTER THE STORM
9. 3. Overlooked Impacts of Hurricane Sandy in the Caribbean 65
10. 4. Polling Post-Hurricane Sandy: The Transformative Personal and Political Impact of the Hurricane in New Jersey 78
11. 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 98
12. 6. Surviving Sandy: Identity and Cultural Resilience in a New Jersey Fishing Community 122
13. Part III. PLANNING FOR CHANGE?
14. 7. Green Gentrification and Hurricane Sandy: The Resilience of the Green Growth Machine around Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal 145
15. 8. Boardwalks Reborn: Disaster and Renewal on the Jersey Shore 164
16. 9. A Sure/Shore Thing? Tourism Recovery in New York and New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy 177
17. 10. Local Fiscal Impacts of Hurricane Sandy 190
18. 11. Local Responses to Hurricane Sandy: Heterogeneous Experiences and Mismatches with Federal Policy 208
19. 12. Water Utilities: Storm Preparedness and Restoration 222
20. 13. Impact of Extreme Events on the Electric Power Sector: Challenges, Vulnerabilities, Institutional Responses, and Planning Implications from Hurricane Sandy 242
21. Conclusion: Emerging Responses to Life on the Urbanized Coast after Hurricane Sandy 258
22. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 275
23. INDEX 279