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

National Academies Of Sciences, Engineering, And Medicine; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Board On Environmental Change And Society

 
9780309693172: Environmental Challenges and Prospects for Community Relocation in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas: Proceedings of a Workshop
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0309693179 ISBN 13: 9780309693172
Publisher: National Academies Press, 2022

Synopsis

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. In 2021, the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine sponsored a two-year consensus study, Managed Retreat in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region, to learn about and respond to the unique challenges associated with managed retreat. As part of this study, the committee convened a series of three public workshops in 2022 in the Gulf Coast region to gather information for the consensus report. Each workshop focused on policy and practice considerations, research and data needs, and community engagement strategies. This proceedings recounts the first workshop in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas.

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Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0309693179
ISBN 13 
9780309693172
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
74