LEADER 00000cam 2200481 i 4500 003 TLC 005 20220627011111.0 006 m d 007 cr unu|||||||| 008 220627s2022 nyu ob 000 0deng d 020 9780062951632 (electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)1333697499 037 AA096254-9784-438A-9925-0C2192329D86|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TLC|cTLC|dTLC|erda 082 00 796.5/3 082 00 796.5/3|223/eng/20220616 099 eBook OverDrive/Libby 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] 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rda 380 eBook|2tlcgt 385 General|2tlctarget 500 Electronic book. 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:// naperville.overdrive.com/media/6884001 856 42 |zClick here to access excerpt|uhttps:// samples.overdrive.com/?crid=aa096254-9784-438a-9925- 0c2192329d86&.epub-sample.overdrive.com