Environmental Challenges and Prospects for Community Relocation in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas: Proceedings of a Workshop

by Board on Environmental Change and Society, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, et al.

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Strategically moving communities and infrastructure--including homes and businesses--away from environmentally high-risk areas, such as vulnerable coastal regions, has been referred to as "managed retreat." Of all the ways humans respond to climate-related disasters, managed retreat has been one of the most controversial due to the difficulty inherent in identifying when, to where, by whom, and the processes by which such movement should take place...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0309693179

ISBN13:9780309693172

Release Date:January 2023

Publisher:National Academies Press

Length:74 Pages

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