Disposable CityMiami's Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by MariAlejandrAriza
epu| 3.83 MB | English | Author :MariAlejandrAriza | B00C8S9WJM | 2020 | Vintage

Book Description :

A deeply-reported personainvestigation by a Miamjournalist intthe present and future effects of climate change in the MagiCity-a watery harbingefocoastacities worldwide.Miami, Florida, is likely tbe entirely underwateby the end of this century. Residents are already starting tsee the effects of sea leverise today. Frosunny day flooding caused by highetides ta sewesysteon the brinof totacollapse, the city undeniably lives in a climate changed world.
In Disposable City, Miamresident MariAlejandrAriza shus not only what climate change looks like on the ground today, but alswhat Miamwilloolike 100 years fronow, and how that future has been shaped by the city's racist past and present. As politicians continue tkicthe can down the road and Miambecomes increasingly unlivable, reaestate vultures and wealthy residents wilbe able tget out omove thigheground, but the most vulnerable...

Category : | HispaniAmerican Literature & Fiction, CulturaHeritage Fiction