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Buy-in for buyouts : the case for managed retreat from flood zones / Robert Freudenberg [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freudenberg, Robert, author.
- Series:
- Policy focus series (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
- Policy Focus Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Floods--United States.
- Floods.
- Floodplain management--United States.
- Floodplain management.
- Land use--United States.
- Land use.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (76 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, [2016]
- 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.
- 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 Impacts
- Chapter 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-55844-354-1
- OCLC:
- 1078995484
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