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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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Executive Summary; Chapter 1: Introduction; On Safer Ground?; The Case for Buyouts; Chapter 2: People and Places at Risk; Overview of Risks; Communicating Flood Risk; Managing Risk: The 5 Rs; Community Types; Chapter 3: Buyout and Acquisition Programs; Federal Policies and Funding; Key Features of Buyout and Acquisition Programs; Buyout and Acquistion Program Precedents; Buyout Programs in the New York Metropolitan Region; Buying In and Backing Out: Understanding Participation and Attrition; Chapter 4: Fiscal, Community, and Health Impacts; Fiscal Impacts; Community Impacts
  • Health ImpactsChapter 5: Case Studies; Oakwood Beach, New York; Milford, Connecticut; Mastic Beach, New York; Wayne, New Jersey; Sayreville, New Jersey; Chapter 6: Recommendations; Appendix A. Buy-In for Buyouts Roundtable; Appendix B. Place-Type Analyis Methodology; Appendix C. Fiscal-Impacts Analysis Methodology; References; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; About the Regional Plan Association; About the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

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