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New York Example

Managed Retreat as response to disaster: Hurricane Sandy Recovery: Staten Island's Fox Beach community.

A slightly different approach is sometimes necessary in the face of natural disaster, so rather than using the above type of managed retreat projects that are carefully planned and take place in discrete locations, moving homes and businesses to safer locations urgently comes to the forefront as we saw in Module 1. In these cases, decisions are often made quickly and are driven by economic necessity.

In Unit 2, Module 6 you read the article: In a Global Warming World: Protect and Rebuild or Retreat?

The article describes the experiences taking place in the Fox Beach community of Staten Island, where the New York Smart Home Buyout Program initiated by Governor Cuomo in 2013 (see press release excerpt below) to provide funds to purchase homes in particularly flood prone areas greatly impacted by Sandy's storm surge.

This program was designed to discourage rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy by providing monetary incentive to move to higher ground is apparently meeting with success in certain areas.

These materials are part of a collection of classroom-tested modules and courses developed by InTeGrate. The materials engage students in understanding the earth system as it intertwines with key societal issues. The collection is freely available and ready to be adapted by undergraduate educators across a range of courses including: general education or majors courses in Earth-focused disciplines such as geoscience or environmental science, social science, engineering, and other sciences, as well as courses for interdisciplinary programs.
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