Complexities and costs of floodplain buyout implementation

Curran-Groome, William; Hino, Miyuki; BenDor, Todd K.; Salvesen, David

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106128

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“…Moreover, many small local governments have limited funds for buyout site management. Often, this is because disasters negatively impact revenue, as buyouts reduce property tax rolls while expenditures remain constant in checkerboarded neighborhoods (BenDor et al 2020 ; Curran-Groome et al 2022 ). Some municipalities, therefore, seek out additional grant or foundation funding, or collaborate with a conservation organization, and sometimes transfer title and management responsibilities to a land trust (Kodis et al 2021 ).…”

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Integrating social and ecological considerations in floodplain relocation and restoration programs

Shi

Sylman

Hulet

et al. 2023

Socio Ecol Pract Res

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In the United States, most floodplain relocation (or buyout) programs focus on moving homeowners, then deal separately with what happens with the land afterward. These programs typically divide processes for relocation planning, engagement, funding, and implementation from those related to post-buyout land management and restoration. The structural and operational conditions that lead to this separation of roles and responsibilities miss out on opportunities to create more synergistic socio-ecological strategies that may produce healthier outcomes for both people and the environment. In other domains, research shows that healthy people and healthy environments can co-create each other through more virtuous cycles. In this perspective essay, we argue that we can better create such virtuous cycles in floodplain relocation programs by integrally considering social and ecological components. Such efforts can encourage more people to decide to relocate, thereby creating more contiguous places to restore. They can also empower more residents to help steward these sites, an action that in turn helps heal and strengthen flood-affected communities. These arguments, while particular to the United States, have resonance for floodplain management and land use planning worldwide.

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Integrating social and ecological considerations in floodplain relocation and restoration programs

Shi

Sylman

Hulet

et al. 2023

Socio Ecol Pract Res

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“…This should be combined with sustainable groundwater management, using floodings to replenish low groundwater levels15 Insights from other countries that have successfully implemented interventions will be valuable, particularly as monsoon seasons intensify. Examples include the Netherlands, which has created more capacity for rivers to accommodate floodwaters,19 Japan, where underground tunnels and reservoirs have been constructed,20 or the US, where “at risk” land has been purchased by the government and converted into natural floodplain areas 21…”

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