{"product_id":"the-creeks-will-rise-people-coexisting-with-floods-paperback","title":"The Creeks Will Rise: People Coexisting with Floods - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam S. Becker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It costs much less in lives and property to listen to science and take action now\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Michael C. MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, Climate Institute \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlobal climate change has graduated from a scientific theory to a costly fact of life in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The number of disasters causing damages over a billion dollars has more than doubled in the last five years compared to the previous forty-five years. Last year, there were a record twenty-seven such events, resulting in 568 fatalities and damages of nearly $183 billion. Since 1803, the federal government has helped Americans deal with weather disasters, but governments at all levels have not kept up with the accelerating pace and intensity of these events. Government programs should evolve. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerica's response to climate change--both its causes and impacts--must evolve at every level of society.\u003c\/b\u003e The focus should shift from controlling nature to working with it. Disaster preparation, response, and recovery should shift to disaster avoidance. Policies must confront global warming's principal cause--burning fossil fuels--and stop encouraging citizens to build and rebuild in dangerous places. In regions where hazards are less predictable, such as tornadoes and heat waves, communities should assume that no area in America is immune to the effects of climate change. Every community must adapt. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Creeks Will Rise: People Coexisting with Floods\u003c\/i\u003e makes a compelling case that we must begin collaborating with nature. William S. Becker is one of America's pioneers in these approaches. In the 1970s, he proposed the nation's first project to relocate a flood-prone village to higher ground and to rebuild it as a solar community. In the 1990s, while a senior official at the U.S. Department of Energy, he formed teams of experts to help communities rebuild after disasters using sustainable development principles. Today, he advocates that federal disaster programs be reinvented to confront the emerging climate reality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe must collaborate with nature rather than trying to control it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Becker \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, journalist, and policy expert on energy, climate change, and disaster prevention and recovery. His career includes roles as the Executive Assistant to the Attorney General of Wisconsin, Counselor to the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. He earned a Bronze Medal as a U.S. Army combat correspondent during the Vietnam War and served as a writer\/photographer for the Associated Press, editorial writer for the \u003ci\u003eWisconsin State Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and publisher of his own weekly newspaper in Wisconsin. Find his current events writing at https: \/\/the-real-biocene.net. \u003cb\u003eBill McKibben \u003c\/b\u003eis an environmentalist, educator, climate activist, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, widely regarded as the first book on climate change for a general audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334841995501,"sku":"9781682752753","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/teBpMqayYu9781682752753.webp?v=1785024138","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-creeks-will-rise-people-coexisting-with-floods-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}