Managed retreat as a response to natural hazard risk
Managed retreat as a response to natural hazard risk
March 27, 2017
Authors:
Miyuki Hino, Christopher Field, Katharine Mach
Managed retreat is strategic relocation of people and assets to reduce risk. It's an obvious, yet controversial adaptation option presenting unique challenges and opportunities. In a first cross-case comparison, an analysis published in Nature Climate Change surveys 27 completed and ongoing efforts that have relocated about 1.3 million people. The particular focus is the interactions between residents and implementers – the sociopolitical dimensions shaping the process and likelihood of retreat. With additional climate change, deliberate relocations will become increasingly necessary, preferable, or both. Stanford researchers unfold how governance innovations could support effective use of this tool in the adaptation kit. See links to the study, news release and media coverage below.
Publication Details
Research Brief
Managed retreat in a changing climate
Full Study
Managed retreat as a response to natural hazard risk
Stanford News Release
Stanford researchers seek ways of keeping communities out of harm’s way in a changing climate
Media Coverage
World Economic Forum
Scientists have a plan to help us to retreat and relocate in a changing climate
Carbon Brief Post
Guest post: Adapting to climate change through ‘managed retreat’
“On Point,” WBUR
Climate Change Threats, Managed Retreats
The New Yorker
When is it time to retreat from Climate Change?
Climate Central
Communities Retreat as Oceans Swell, Coasts Erode
ClimateWire
Warming means people will have to move. The question is how
Xinhua News (English version)
Stanford analysis looks at "managed retreat" in face of changing climate
Co.Design
How to Plan for the End of a Town
Planetizen
Managed Retreat from Sea Level Rise
Cape Charles Mirror (Virginia)
Adaptation: Will Sea Level Rise force a Managed Retreat from the Shore?
DailyComet (Louisiana)
A new home: Work continues in effort to relocate island residents