Buy-in for buyouts : the case for managed retreat from flood zones

Buy-in for buyouts : the case for managed retreat from flood zones / Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare Brawley.

This report offers policy recommendations to increase participation in buyoutprograms and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastalcommunities. Based on a study of managed retreat following Hurricanes Irene andSandy, the report provides an overview of flooding risk, a deta...

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Main Authors: Freudenberg, Robert (Author), Calvin, Ellis (Author), Tolkoff, Laura (Author), Brawley, Dare (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, [2016]
Series:Policy focus series (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
Subjects:
Floods > United States.
Floodplain management > United States.
Land use > United States.
Disaster relief > United States.
Disaster relief
Floodplain management
Floods
Land use
United States
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Summary:This report offers policy recommendations to increase participation in buyoutprograms and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastalcommunities. Based on a study of managed retreat following Hurricanes Irene andSandy, the report provides an overview of flooding risk, a detailed summation ofexisting buyout programs, case studies, and interviews.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781558443549
1558443541

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