Flooding

Part I of Essay
Through years of watching their beaches crumble and wash away and following strenuous efforts to halt the damage, the ocean front communities of New Jersey do not necessarily agree on solutions, but the various factions, or at least those represented in a November 1997 C ....

Part II of Essay
.... has been polarization in the past between some mayors and public officials who favor public expenditures to hold back the sea and other public officials and some scientists who are skeptical about erosion-fighting programs. There were those who believed people should not be allowed to rebuild in hazardous areas and those who would not forbid them to build as long as they did not ask for recompense when they got into trouble. One group has felt property owners should not be compensated if they are forbidden to rebuild, and o ....