Nov 12, 2019
In episode 100 (a true milestone!) of America Adapts, host Doug
Parsons talks with Dr. AR
Siders, an assistant professor at the
Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware. Dr.
Siders defines what is ‘managed retreat’ and also the policy
challenges of getting communities to undertake this adaptation
action. Doug and Siders also discuss: is it happening in an
equitable way; the various emerging managed retreat models;
successful case studies; the need for a National Seashore;
Presidential emergency declarations; communicating the issue and
much more! Also, Doug talks with two of Dr. Siders students,
Bridget Flynn and Jennifer Gallagher, who share some managed
retreat case study work in Tulsa, OK and Charlotte, North
Carolina.
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Topics discussed in this episode:
- What is managed retreat?
- Is it happening in an socially equitable way?
- Does it increase poverty?
- No consensus yet on ‘right way’ for managed retreat, models emerging.
- Case study of Soldier’s Grove, Wisconsin as successful managed retreat.
- What critical infrastructure is left behind in managed retreat and who’s responsible for the pollution associated with that abandoned infrastructure?
- People don’t truly understand risk.
- Develop a “National Seashore” in response to managed retreat.
- Should the President of the US declare a managed retreat national emergency?
- Using climate fiction to create awareness around managed retreat.
- What are some effective ways to communicate managed retreat to the public?
Guests in the episode:
- Dr. AR Siders (Minute 2:04)
- Bridget Flynn (student) (1:02:02)
- Jennifer Gallagher (student) (1:12:16)
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Links in episode:
https://www.udel.edu/faculty-staff/experts/ar-siders/
AR Siders
https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/leaders-analysts-continue-debating-building-on-coast#.XairVyxlCEd
Managed retreat through voluntary buyouts of flood-prone
properties
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/10/eaax8995
Managed Retreat in the United States
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(19)30080-6
Tulsa Related Information
NPR’s take on Tulsa’s program: https://www.npr.org/2017/11/20/564317854/how-tulsa-became-a-model-for-preventing-floods
Flooding History in Tulsa: https://www.cityoftulsa.org/government/departments/engineering-services/flood-control/flooding-history/
This is a really useful website for all of Tulsa’s mitigation
programs: https://www.cityoftulsa.org/government/departments/engineering-services/flood-control/
And Here is another take on all of Tulsa’s Climate Change
programs (and how Tulsa being a conservative oil town affects these
programs):
https://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-tulsa-climate-change-resilience-adaptation-flooding.html
Charlotte, North Carolina Buy out related
Information
https://charlottenc.gov/StormWater/Flooding/Pages/FloodplainBuyoutProgram.aspx
The Challenge Of Mandatory Evacuation: Providing For And
Deciding For in Health Affairs
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.25.4.958
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and
Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/
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