Underwater: Loss, Flood Insurance, and the Moral Economy of Climate Change in the United States

Communities around the United States face the threat of being underwater. This is not only a matter of rising waters reaching the doorstep. It is also the threat of being financially underwater, owning assets worth less than the money borrowed to obtain them. Many areas around the country may become economically uninhabitable before they become physically unlivable.

In Underwater, Rebecca Elliott explores how families, communities, and governments confront problems of loss as the climate cha...