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100 1 Stodola, Sarah,|eauthor.
245 14 The last resort|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]|ba
chronicle of paradise, profit, and peril at the beach /
|cSarah Stodola.
264 1 New York, NY :|bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins
Publishers,|c[2022]
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505 0 I'm never coming home : Thailand and England -- Where all
passions combine : Monte Carlo, the Jersey Shore, and Cap
d'Antibes -- Among the very tall : Waikiki -- Into far-
flung places : Fiji -- New frontiers, precarious business
: Nicaragua and Senegal -- Paradise lost (to
overdevelopment) : Tulum, Ibiza, and Cancún -- A global
juggernaut : Vietnam and Portugal -- The long haul to the
high end : Sumba (Indonesia) -- Beyond the sea : Barbados
and St. Kitts -- A tale of two islands : Bali and Nias
(Indonesia) -- Ghosts in the machine : Baiae, Rockaway,
and Acapulco -- Up to here : Miami Beach -- Interlude :
return to Railay -- A better way : Tioman Island
(Malaysia) -- Sands of time : the future of the beach
resort.
520 "With its promise of escape from the strains of everyday
life, the beach has a hold on the popular imagination as
the ultimate paradise. In The Last Resort, Sarah Stodola
dives into the psyche of the beachgoer and gets to the
heart of what drives humans to seek out the sand. At the
same time, she grapples with the darker realities of
resort culture: strangleholds on local economies, reckless
construction, erosion of beaches, weighty carbon
footprints, and the inevitable overdevelopment and decline
that comes with a soaring demand for popular shorelines.
The Last Resort weaves Stodola's firsthand travel notes
with her exacting journalism in an enthralling report on
the past, present, and future of coastal travel. She takes
us from Monte Carlo, where the pursuit of pleasure first
became part of the beach resort experience, to a village
in Fiji that was changed irrevocably by the opening of a
single resort; from the overdevelopment that stripped
Acapulco of its reputation for exclusivity to Miami Beach,
where extreme measures are underway to prevent the barrier
island from vanishing into the ocean. In the twenty-first
century, beach travel has become central to our globalized
world-its culture, economy, and interconnectedness. But
with sea levels likely to rise at least 1.5 to 3 feet by
the end of this century, beaches will become increasingly
difficult to preserve, and many will disappear altogether.
What will our last resort be when water begins to fill the
lobbies?"--|cProvided by publisher.
533 Electronic reproduction.|bNew York|cHarperCollins|d2022
|nAvailable via World Wide Web.
588 Description based on print version record and CIP data
provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
600 10 Stodola, Sarah|xTravel.
650 0 Beaches|xRecreational use.
650 0 Seaside resorts.
650 0 Outdoor recreation|xEconomic aspects.
650 0 Outdoor recreation|xSocial aspects.
650 0 Outdoor recreation|xEnvironmental aspects.
655 0 Electronic books.
710 2 OverDrive, Inc.,|edistributor.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aStodola, Sarah.|tLast resort|bFirst
edition.|dNew York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins
Publishers, [2022]|z9780062951625|w(DLC) 2022020632
856 40 |zAvailable on OverDrive/Libby|uhttps://
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856 42 |zClick here to access excerpt|uhttps://
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