Disposable City
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Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century. Residents are already starting to see the...
Published By Bold Type Books
Format Hardback
Number Of Pages 320
Publication Date 07/14/2020
ISBN 9781541788466
Dimensions 6.35 inches x 9.55 inches
"A forceful depiction of a global crisis viewed through the lens of one of the world's most vulnerable cities."
—Kirkus
"Ariza blends recent research from scientists, conversations with residents, economic trends and history in a richly reported odyssey of one city's response to a growing crisis. Weaving in his own deeply personal narrative, Ariza shows the effects of the rising tide aren't just about environmental and infrastructural change -- they also impact individual lives."—Discover Magazine
"Disposable City is a vivid and well-executed portrait of a city undergoing climate metamorphosis."—Julian Brave NoiseCat, Fellow, Type Media Center
"Few places on earth make clearer the danger we're facing as a civilization: this absorbing tour of Miami (past, present, and future) will leave you insistent on joining the fight to slow down global warming!"—Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?