Lack of public support for coastal adaptation can present significant barriers for
implementation. In response, policy makers and academics are seeking strategies to build …

With the onset of climate change resulting in more frequent hazard events and coastal
inundation, communities are considering buyouts as a tool for climate adaptation. Despite a …

Retreat from some areas will become unavoidable under intensifying climate change.
Existing deployments of managed retreat are at small scale compared to potential future …

Managed retreat—the purposeful, coordinated movement of people and assets out of harm's
way—is a controversial and often overlooked adaptation tool but also a potentially …

Climate change poses threats to individuals, communities, and cities globally. Global
conversations and scholarly debates have explored ways people adapt to the impacts of …

The effectiveness of social and economic recovery of a society damaged by major disasters
is significantly interrelated with pace of reconstruction of transportation infrastructures. If not …

In response to global climate change, managed retreat has emerged as a controversial
adaptation strategy. The purposeful movement of people and communities away from …

Certain communities along the coast of Ketu South Municipality in south-eastern Ghana,
remain vulnerable to coastal flood events from storm surges, high tidal waves, lagoon …

Several researchers have conducted researches to measure characteristics of post-disaster
reconstruction. The lessons learned from preceding post-disaster reconstruction processes …

Some communities are able to return to a normal state quickly after a disaster; however, the
causes of delays in the postdisaster recovery phase remain an important concern. Policy …