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