Residential buyouts as environmental mobility: examining where homeowners move to illuminate social inequities in climate adaptation

Loughran, Kevin; Elliott, James R.

doi:10.1007/s11111-019-00324-7

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“…For example, 95%, relocated to areas with increased poverty rates (McGhee et al 2020 ). Conversely, a study of more than 3000 buyouts in Harris County, Texas, found “a clear pattern of neighborhood upgrading,” with participants relocating to destination tracts with higher average incomes, median housing values, shares of owner-occupied housing, and nonpoor residents (Loughran and Elliott 2019 , p. 65). This, the authors noted, suggests that buyout participation may be as much about neighborhood attainment—moving to places with greater social status or amenities—as retreating from environmental risk (ibid., p. 57).…”

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“…Compared to the long-distance displacement experienced by many post-Katrina, participants in buyout programs tend to move very short distances (Loughran and Elliott 2019 ; McGhee et al 2020 ). This may do less to reduce hazard exposure, but lower risks from social disruption, helping those who retreat to sustain local ties and support networks by remaining close to workplaces, schools, family, and friends.…”

Section: Assessing Outcomes Of Retreat Versus Rebuildingmentioning

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When rebuilding no longer means recovery: the stress of staying put after Hurricane Sandy

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After a disaster, it is common to equate repopulation and rebuilding with recovery. Numerous studies link post-disaster relocation to adverse social, economic, and health outcomes. However, there is a need to reconsider these relationships in light of accelerating climate change and associated social and policy shifts in the USA, including the rising cost of flood insurance, the challenge of obtaining aid to rebuild, and growing interest in “managed retreat” from places at greatest risk. This article presents data from a survey of individuals who opted either to rebuild in place or relocate with the help of a voluntary home buyout after Hurricane Sandy. Findings show those who lived in buyout-eligible areas and relocated were significantly less likely to report worsened stress than those who rebuilt in place. This suggests access to a government-supported voluntary relocation option may, under certain circumstances, lessen the negative mental health consequences associated with disaster-related housing damage.

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Section: Assessing Outcomes Of Retreat Versus Rebuildingmentioning

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When rebuilding no longer means recovery: the stress of staying put after Hurricane Sandy

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“…Half of those exposed to SLR reside in Florida and nearly a quarter in Miami, Florida alone 10 . Managed retreats in Alaska, Louisiana, New York and Texas offer a potential glimpse of broader-scale retreat in the USA 63,65,180 , including migration into less vulnerable coastal areas as a form of 'climate gentrification' 39,40 , sometimes stemming from retreat itself 189 .…”

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Sea-level rise and human migration

Hauer

Fussell

Mueller

et al. 2019

Nat Rev Earth Environ

269

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Anthropogenic sea-level rise (SLR) is predicted to impact, and, in many cases, displace, a large proportion of the population via inundation and heightened SLR-related hazards. With the global coastal population projected to surpass one billion people this century, SLR might be among the most costly and permanent future consequences of climate change. In this Review, we synthesize the rapidly expanding knowledge of human mobility and migration responses to SLR, providing a coherent roadmap for future SLR research and associated policy. While it is often assumed that direct inundation forces a migration, we discuss how mobility responses are instead driven by a diversity of socioeconomic and demographic factors, which, in some cases, do not result in a migration response. We link SLR hazards with potential mechanisms of migration and the associated governmental or institutional policies that operate as obstacles or facilitators for that migration. Specific examples from the USA, Bangladesh and atoll island nations are used to contextualize these concepts. However, further research is needed on the fundamental mechanisms underlying SLR migration, tipping points, thresholds and feedbacks, risk perception and migration to fully understand migration responses to SLR.

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“…These can include impacts on health, well-being and loss of access to employment amongst others (Siders 2019;Dannenberg et al 2019). There is also the possibility that people could relocate to other areas at risk of flooding if such decisions are determined by individuals and/or housing markets rather than actively managed (Loughran and Elliott 2019). It is widely recognised that mitigating these impacts requires an integrated planning process and a range of comprehensive supports to, for example, ensure access to housing and employment (Siders, Hino and Mach 2019;Lynn 2017;Martin 2019).…”

Section: Shifting Responsibilities In Flood Risk Management and Managed Retreatmentioning

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Flood risk management, (un)managed retreat and the “relocation fix”: examining shifting responsibilities and compounding risks through two Irish case studies

Tubridy

Lennon

2021

Local Environment

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Managed retreat raises important questions of both risk and responsibility. These include what risks are addressed and/or exacerbated through retreat and whether retreat might function as a byword for state withdrawal and the individualisation of responsibility. In response, the aim of this paper is to understand the implications of shifts in the perceived balance of responsibilities between the state and private actors for managing the risks and vulnerabilities associated with managed retreat. The paper draws upon an analysis of two household relocation schemes which took place in County Galway, Ireland in 1995 and 2009. This analysis highlights a range of factors which contribute to vulnerability and risk and which are traced to underlying conflicts regarding responsibility. These factors both put people at risk initially, leading to demands for relocation, and create new risks through a failure to effectively manage the relocation process. It is argued that the approach to relocation in Ireland reflects a neoliberal approach that responds to political and financial pressures upon the state and temporarily resolves some immediate risks for property owners but fails to address the underlying drivers of risk. The aggregate effects of such shifting responsibilities are to amplify existing and produce new vulnerabilities for communities impacted by flooding.

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Residential buyouts as environmental mobility: examining where homeowners move to illuminate social inequities in climate adaptation

Cited by 38 publications

References 33 publications

When rebuilding no longer means recovery: the stress of staying put after Hurricane Sandy

When rebuilding no longer means recovery: the stress of staying put after Hurricane Sandy

Sea-level rise and human migration

Flood risk management, (un)managed retreat and the “relocation fix”: examining shifting responsibilities and compounding risks through two Irish case studies

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