Superstorm Sandy: The Inevitable Destruction And Reconstruction Of The Jersey Shore (Nature, Society, And Culture) - 9780813573403

Why do people build in areas open to repeated natural disasters? Drawing on a variety of insights from environmental sociology, "Superstorm Sandy "offers a wide-ranging look at the Jersey Shore both before and after this disaster, examining the many factors such as cultural attachment, tourism revenues, and governmental regulation that combined to create a highly vulnerable coastal region and that fueled the demand to rebuild. "

• | Author: Diane C. Bates
• | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 18, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Nature
• | ISBN-10: 0813573408
• | ISBN-13: 9780813573403