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Planned relocation

A Collection by: PreventionWeb user UNDRR Editors
Last updated: 21 May 2021

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

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Documents and Publications

Planned relocation from Danube floodplains in Austria

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
2021
Documents and Publications

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

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
2020
News

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

New York Times, the
26 August 2020
News

The case for ‘Managed Retreat’

Politico
14 July 2020
News

Sea level rise Mauritius: Relocation as a prospective solution

Yo Nature
01 July 2020
News

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

University of Delaware
09 October 2019
News

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

Conversation Media Group, the
15 September 2019
Documents and Publications

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

Natural Resources Defense Council
2019
News

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

New York Times, the
10 September 2019
News

Managed retreat due to rising seas is a public health issue

University of Washington
19 March 2019
Documents and Publications

Relocation, repopulation, and rising seas

Natural Hazards Center
2018
Documents and Publications

Political economy of planned relocation: A model of action and inaction in government responses

Elsevier
2018
News

USA: Government-funded buyouts after disasters are slow and inequitable – here’s how that could change

Conversation Media Group, the
19 October 2018
News

As climate change batters U.S. cities, some discuss 'managed retreat'

Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
18 October 2018
Documents and Publications

Improving development outcomes and reducing disaster risk through planned community relocation

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2018
News

USA: Mind the gap: Reconciling mitigation and recovery in home buyout programs

Natural Hazards Center
20 September 2018
News

Climate change: we need to start moving people away from some coastal areas, warns scientist

Conversation Media Group, the
13 September 2018
News

Stanford research finds transparency may improve U.S. home buyout programs

Stanford University
10 September 2018
News

Wisconsin reservation highlights success of managed retreat

Acclimatise
23 August 2018
News

USA: Buyouts bring promise and challenges to flood-affected homeowners

Rice University
21 August 2018
Documents and Publications

Community perspective on policy options for resettlement management: a case study of risk reduction in Bududa, Eastern Uganda

Public Library of Science
2018
Documents and Publications

Home buyout programs: recommendations for policy & practice

Oklahoma State University; University of Hawai'i at Manoa
2018
News

For Sandy survivors, this program made all the difference

Natural Resources Defense Council
16 May 2018
News

Alaskan town threatened by climate change gets federal funding for relocation

Acclimatise
14 May 2018
Documents and Publications

Planned relocation in the context of environmental change in Hoa Binh Province, Northern Viet Nam

International Organization for Migration
2018
News

IOM, Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences study family relocation due to environmental change

International Organization for Migration
23 January 2018
Documents and Publications

How climate resettlement can work for communities: Climate change and planned relocation

Danish Institute for International Studies
2017
Documents and Publications

Seeking higher ground: How to break the cycle of repeated flooding with climate-smart flood insurance reforms

Natural Resources Defense Council
2017
News

USA: Buyouts won’t be the answer for many frequent flooding victims

ProPublica
01 November 2017
Documents and Publications

Toolbox: Planning relocations to protect people from disasters and environmental change

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; International Organization for Migration; Georgetown University
2017
News

Stanford researchers seek ways of keeping communities out of harm’s way in a changing climate

Stanford University Press
27 March 2017
Documents and Publications

The devil is in the details: Linking home buyout policy, practice, and experience after Hurricane Sandy

Cogitatio Press
2016
Documents and Publications

Planned relocation: Lessons from Italy

International Organization for Migration
2016
Documents and Publications

Disaster induced resettlement: Multi-stakeholder interactions and decision making following tropical storm Washi (Cagayan de Oro, Philippines)

Elsevier
2016
Documents and Publications

Guidance for protecting people from disasters and environmental change through planned relocations

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Brookings-London School of Economics Project on Internal Displacement; Georgetown University
2015
Documents and Publications

Relocation as an adaptation strategy to environmental stress: lessons from the Mekong River Delta in Viet Nam

International Organization for Migration
2015
Documents and Publications

Planned relocations in the context of natural disasters and climate change: a review of the literature

Brookings Institution, the
2015
Documents and Publications

Operational guidance and frameworks relevant to planned relocations caused by natural hazards, environmental change, and climate change

Brookings Institution, the
2015
Documents and Publications

Planned relocations in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: A successful model for climate change adaptation, a cautionary tale, or both?

Brookings Institution, the
2015
Documents and Publications

Planned relocations, disasters and climate change: Consolidating good practices and preparing for the future

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Brookings-London School of Economics Project on Internal Displacement; Georgetown University
2014
Documents and Publications

Preventive resettlement of populations at risk of disaster: experiences from Latin America

World Bank, the; Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the
2011
Documents and Publications

Populations at risk of disaster: a resettlement guide

World Bank, the; Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the
2011

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A COLLECTION BY: UNDRR Editors