{"product_id":"hurricane-sandy-on-new-jerseys-abigail-perkiss-9781501709869","title":"Hurricane Sandy on New Jersey's Forgotten Shore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHurricane Sandy on New Jersey's Forgotten Shore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e brings to life the individual and collective voices of a community: victims, volunteers, and state and federal agencies that came together to rebuild the Bayshore after the Superstorm Sandy in 2013.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the tumultuous night of October 29, 2012, the residents of Monmouth, Ocean, and Atlantic Counties faced an enormous and pressing question: What to do? The stories captured in this book encompass their answer to that question: the clean-up efforts, the work with governmental and non-governmental aid agencies, and the fraught choices concerning rebuilding. Through a rich and varied set of oral histories that provide perspective on disaster planning, response, and recovery in New Jersey, Abigail Perkiss captures the experience of these individuals caught in between short-term preparedness initiatives that municipal and state governments undertook and the long-term planning decisions that created the conditions for catastrophic property damage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough these stories, \u003ci\u003eHurricane Sandy on New Jersey's Forgotten Shore\u003c\/i\u003e lays bare the ways that climate change and sea level rise are creating critical vulnerabilities in the most densely populated areas in the nation, illuminating the human toll of disaster and the human capacity for resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abigail Perkiss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501709860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501709869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Abigail Perkiss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073717727487,"sku":"9781501709869","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b6d68db-94f4-415c-88d9-83ae8da94c77.jpg?v=1685449487","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hurricane-sandy-on-new-jerseys-abigail-perkiss-9781501709869","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}