1. Home
  2. collections

Planned relocation

Upload your content
Image

Introduction

These resources analyse how well-planned relocations can help to increase resilience and reduce disaster risk.

Share this

Knowledge base

Documents and publications
2021

Planned relocation from Danube floodplains in Austria

This paper discusses the procedures installed over time for planned relocation along the Danube River in Austria and lessons learned from the varying success these procedures had. This paper first describes the government's approach on planned relocation

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
Updates

U.S. flood strategy shifts to ‘unavoidable’ relocation of entire neighborhoods

Using tax dollars to move whole communities out of flood zones is swiftly becoming policy, marking a new and more disruptive phase of climate change.
New York Times, the
Documents and publications
2020

Designing a funding framework for the slow-onset impacts of climate change: insights from recent experiences with planned relocation

This paper investigates recent approaches to the planned relocation of communities as one possible response to climate change impacts. The authors find that funding for this pre-emptive response strategy is inadequate and consider principles to inform the

University of Leeds Economic and Social Research Council Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment London School of Economics and Political Science, the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
Updates

The case for ‘Managed Retreat’

We’ve known for decades that coastal residents need to relocate ahead of climate change. Here are some ideas for finally getting them to move.
Politico
Updates

Sea level rise Mauritius: Relocation as a prospective solution

Mauritius island, famous for its beautiful beaches and rich marine life, is facing the threat of climate change-induced sea-level rise like so many islands.
Yo Nature
Research briefs

Coastal retreat: New study with UD researcher examines federal homeowner buyouts

UD researchers was the first to examine nationwide data on FEMA’s buyout program to understand how managed retreat has been conducted in the United States.
University of Delaware
Documents and publications
2018

Relocation, repopulation, and rising seas

To what extent do long-term risks associated with climate change, specifically sea level rise, contribute to repopulation or relocation decisions of people displaced by disasters in coastal communities? This research focuses on this question, which has

Natural Hazards Center
Research briefs

‘Climigration’: When communities must move because of climate change

Extreme weather linked to climate change has sparked a new strand of research called "climigration," the planned relocation of communities to places far from harm.
Conversation Media Group, the
Documents and publications
2019

Going under: Long wait times for post-flood buyouts leave homeowners underwater

Sea level rise and increased flooding are already affecting homes and communities across the United States. The hard truth is that these climate change impacts will make it increasingly difficult for people to stay in the places where they live today

Natural Resources Defense Council
Updates

Canada tries a forceful message for flood victims: Live someplace else

Canada is forcing people to move after a disaster strikes, as opposed to the U.S., which is encountering severe and repetitive losses.
New York Times, the

Is this page useful?

Yes No Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).