Buy-in for buyouts : the case for managed retreat from flood zones
Robert Freudenberg (Author), Ellis Calvin (Author), Laura Tolkoff (Author), Dare Brawley (Author)
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
eBook, English, 2016
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, 2016