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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Foreword xi
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. 1. Control + Alt + Retreat 1
7. 2. The Overflowing Ocean 11
8. 3. The Fate of Two Doomed Cities: Miami and New Orleans 31
9. 4 New and Old Amsterdam: New York City and the Netherlands 51
10. 5. Cities on the Brink 65
11. 6. The Taxpayers and the Beach House 75
12. 7. Coastal Calamities: How Geology Affects the Fate of the Shoreline 91
13. 8. Drowning in Place: Infrastructure and Landmarks in the Age of Sea-Level Rise 113
14. 9. The Cruelest Wave: Climate Refugees 127
15. 10. Deny, Debate, and Delay 139
16. 11. Ghosts of the Past, Promise of the Future 155
17. Bibliography 167
18. Index 207