{"product_id":"california-against-the-sea-visions-for-our-vanishing-coastline-9781597146586","title":"California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eXia's book, \"California Against the Sea,\" explores the challenges and urgency of forging a climate-wise future along California's 1,200-mile coastline, weighing the rivaling arguments, agreements, compromises, and visions governing the State of California's commitment to a coast for all. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 344 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 07 November 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Heyday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch1\u003eGolden Poppy Award Winner for Nonfiction\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eCalifornia Book Awards Gold Medal Winner\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eA Great Read from Great Places selected by the Library of Congress\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eA  San Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eAmerican Book Award Winner\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eAn  Architect s Newspaper \u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eBest Book of 2023\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003e2024 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Medal Winner\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eNow in paperback: a deeply researched and reported ( San Francisco Chronicle ) exploration of sea level rise in California that breathes exquisite detail and dialogue ( Science Magazine ) into the subject. \u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eViscerally urgent, thoroughly reported, and compellingly written—a must-read for our uncertain times. \u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003e— Ed Yong, author of An Immense World\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eWhen do seawalls make sense? And when is it better to give in to the tides? \u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003e[...]\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eIn California Against the Sea, Xia [...] writes about the difficult realities of trying to incorporate fairness into our tally of costs and benefits. \u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003e— The New Yorker\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eAlong California's 1,200-mile coastline, the overheated Pacific Ocean is rising and pressing in, imperiling both wildlife and the maritime towns and cities that 27 million people call home. \u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eIn California Against the Sea, Los Angeles Times coastal reporter Rosanna Xia asks: As climate chaos threatens the places we love so fiercely, will we finally grasp our collective capacity for change? \u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eXia, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, investigates the impacts of engineered landscapes, the market pressures of development, and the ecological activism and political scrimmages that have carved our contemporary coastline—and foretell even greater changes to our shores. \u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch1\u003eFrom the beaches of the Mexican border up to the sheer-cliffed North Coast, the voices of Indigenous leaders, community activists, small-town mayors, urban engineers, and tenacious environmental scientists.\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 444g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 209 x 141 x 26 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781597146586\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rosanna Xia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46852954521850,"sku":"9781597146586","price":12.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1731097138656_book.jpg?v=1731447901","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/california-against-the-sea-visions-for-our-vanishing-coastline-9781597146586","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}