Climate change is increasing the risks of extreme heat, floods and bushfires, meaning more people are having to consider moving home. But different people come to different decisions.
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Residents are living with the impacts of climate change and know it’s happening. But leaving their homes would strike at the heart of their identity.
Moving entire communities threatened by rising seas isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds.
Managed retreat is already common in flood-prone areas, but what about in neighborhoods at high risk from wildfires? Here are four ways communities can pull back for safety.
Climate change has got to the point that communities around the world are having to contemplate moving. It’s never an easy process, but good planning improves the prospects of successful relocation.
Government agencies spend millions of dollars yearly to buy and demolish homes sited in floodplains. But the program is slow, cumbersome and doesn’t always help those who need it most.
Relocation from risky areas is the only safe response.
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Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
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Associate Professor, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Associate in Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
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Research Fellow in Social Psychology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Centre for People, Place & Planet, and School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Professor in Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Urban Design, Planning, and Sustainability, University of California, Davis
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PhD Student in Climate Adaptation, The University of Queensland