Managed retreat through voluntary buyouts of flood-prone properties

Katharine J. Mach; Caroline M. Kraan; Miyuki Hino; A. R. Siders; Erica M. Johnston; Christopher B. Field

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax8995

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Managed retreat through voluntary buyouts of flood-prone properties

View ORCID ProfileKatharine J. Mach¹,²,³,*,
View ORCID ProfileCaroline M. Kraan⁴,⁵,
View ORCID ProfileMiyuki Hino ⁴,⁶,
View ORCID ProfileA. R. Siders ⁷,⁸,
Erica M. Johnston⁴ and
View ORCID ProfileChristopher B. Field⁴

¹Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149, USA.
²Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.
³Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
⁴Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
⁵Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, Environmental Science and Policy Graduate Program, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.
⁶Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
⁷Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
⁸Disaster Research Center, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: kmach{at}rsmas.miami.edu

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Science Advances 09 Oct 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 10, eaax8995
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax8995

Katharine J. Mach

1Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149, USA.

2Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.

3Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

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Caroline M. Kraan

4Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

5Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, Environmental Science and Policy Graduate Program, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.

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Miyuki Hino

4Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

6Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

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A. R. Siders

7Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

8Disaster Research Center, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.

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Erica M. Johnston

4Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

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Christopher B. Field

4Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

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