@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt12f4kd.11, ISBN = {9781604734881}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt12f4kd.11}, abstract = {Why should alleviating Louisiana’s coastal residents’ anxiety and fragility be a concern or goal? This might sound like a rhetorical question except for the fact that many would proclaim that this anxiety and sense of fragility is an unfortunate outcome of any significant change. Their refrain would be “change is hard,” and they would liken the stress to growing pains that will recede as people and society adjust and account for these changes. In her eloquent foreword, Sara Crosby referred to this in her fellow Grand Islanders’ reluctance to ask for assistance due to the retort “Why don’t you just}, author = {Sara Crosby and T. Mayheart Dardar and Thomas Dardar}, bookauthor = {David M. Burley}, booktitle = {Losing Ground: Identity and Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana}, pages = {110--131}, publisher = {University Press of Mississippi}, title = {SAVING PLACE: Residents and Their Environment}, year = {2010} }