Taking chances: the coast after Hurricane Sandy

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Transformational Event, Just Another Storm, or Something in Between? / Karen M. O’Neill, Daniel J. Van Abs, and Robert B. Gramling

Part One: The Storm. 1. Hurricane Sandy from Meteorological and Climatological Perspectives / Steven G. Decker and David A. Robinson

2: A Tough Move to Make: Lessons Learned from Emergency Evacuations in Coastal Connecticut during Hurricane Sandy / Daniel Baldwin Hess and Brian W. Conley

Part Two: The Days after the Storm. 3: Overlooked Impacts of Hurricane Sandy in the Caribbean / Adelle Thomas

4: Polling Post-Hurricane Sandy: The Transformative Personal and Political Impact of the Hurricane in New Jersey / Ashley A. Koning and David P. Redlawsk

5: Ecological Injury and Responses to Hurricane Sandy: Physical Damage, Avian and Food Web Responses, and Anthropogenic Attempts to Aid Ecosystem Recovery in New Jersey Estuaries / Joanna Burger and Larry Niles

6: Surviving Sandy: Identity and Cultural Resilience in a New Jersey Fishing Community / Angela Oberg, Julia A. Flagg, Patricia M. Clay, Lisa L. Colburn, and Bonnie McCay

Part Three: Planning for Change? 7: Green Gentrification and Hurricane Sandy: The Resilience of the Green Growth Machine around Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal / Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis

8: Boardwalks Reborn: Disaster and Renewal on the Jersey Shore / Mark Alan Hewitt

Chapter 9: A Sure/Shore Thing? Tourism Recovery in New York and New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy / Briavel Holcomb

10: Local Fiscal Impacts of Hurricane Sandy / Clinton J. Andrews

11: Local Responses to Hurricane Sandy: Heterogeneous Experiences and Mismatches with Federal Policy / Mariana Leckner, Melanie McDermott, James K. Mitchell, and Karen M. O’Neill

12. Water Utilities: Storm Preparedness and Restoration / Daniel J. Van Abs

13: Impact of Extreme Events on the Electric Power Sector: Challenges, Vulnerabilities, Institutional Responses, and Planning Implications from Hurricane Sandy / Frank A. Felder and Shankar Chandramowli

Conclusion: Emerging Responses to Life on the Urbanized Coast after Hurricane Sandy / Daniel J. Van Abs and Karen M. O’Neill

Notes on Contributors.