Read the introduction and part of chapter 1 from Over the Seawall: Tsunamis, Cyclones, Drought, and the Delusion of Controlling Nature by Stephen Robert Miller
https://islandpress.org/books/over-seawall
"Journalist Miller’s unsettling debut investigates three initiatives intended to protect humans from the ravages of nature that did 'more harm than good.'...The picture that emerges from his thorough reporting illuminates the hidden dangers in apparently easy solutions to climate problems. The result is a thought-provoking exploration of the 'unintended consequences' of climate policy."
--Publishers Weekly
"Speaking against short-term thinking, poor policy decisions, and the illusion of abundance, the book includes moving portraits of the local people who are most affected when fortifications fail…. Over the Seawall is a challenging, persuasive text that uses examples of infrastructure failures to urge people to adapt to a natural world that they cannot control."
--Foreword Reviews
