Multiple Choice
High initial costs and eventually high maintenance costs, high potential for storm damage and negative environmental impact are consequences of policies to ________.
A) promote coastal development, build massive, hardened structures to stop all but the most powerful storm waves
B) prohibit coastal development, build nothing but grass shacks, put a moratorium on insurance, declare victory over the sea, and retreat from the coastline
C) allow coastal development, make a long-term commitment to beach nourishment
D) get wasted in Margaritaville!
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