Mario Alejandro Ariza

Disposable City (eBook, ePUB)

Miami's Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.

Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century. Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. From sunny day flooding caused by higher tides to a sewer system on the brink of total collapse, the city undeniably lives in a climate changed world.

and wealthy residents will be able to get out or move to higher ground, but the most vulnerable communities, disproportionately composed of people of color, will face flood damage, rising housing costs, dangerously higher temperatures, and stronger hurricanes that they can't afford to escape.

Miami may be on the front lines of climate change, but the battle it's fighting today is coming for the rest of the U.S. -- and the rest of the world -- far sooner than we could have imagined even a decade ago. Disposable City is a thoughtful portrait of both a vibrant city with a unique culture and the social, economic, and psychic costs of climate change that call us to act before it's too late.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: PublicAffairs
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781568589985
• Artikelnr.: 58127704

Autorenporträt

Mario Alejandro Ariza grew up in Santo Domingo and Miami, where he lives currently. His work has appeared in outlets such as the Atlantic, the Believer, the Miami New Times, and the New Tropic. He is featured in Sinking Cities, a PBS documentary series on the threat of climate change.