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Relocation and Other Climate Adaptations on Florida's Gulf Coast: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
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... This Proceedings of a experts to provide in-depth analysis and identify short- Workshop -- in Brief recounts the second workshop.2 and long-term next steps for Gulf Coast communities that may need to relocate.  PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP On July 12, 2022, a hybrid workshop was held in St. The committee convened a series of three public Petersburg, Florida3 that was designed to accomplish the workshops in the Gulf Coast region to gather information following goals:  1 The GRP was established in 2013 from criminal settlement funds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and is intended to "advance and apply 2 Additional details about this consensus study, the study's Statement of science, engineering, and public health knowledge to reduce risks Task, and the workshops are available at: https://www.national from offshore oil spills and will enable the communities of the Gulf to academies.org/our-work/managed-retreat-in-the-us-gulf-coast-region better anticipate, mitigate, and recover from future disasters." More 3 A video recording of the workshop is available at: information on the GRP is available at: https://www.nationalacademies.
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... concerns, and experiences, the day began with a • Getulio Gonzalez-Mulattieri is a veteran, community conversation with community members facilitated by organizer, and advocate for Chispa Florida, a Latinx Betty Jean-Jeremie, climate equity program manager, climate justice group in the Tampa Bay region that and Joseph Ayala, associate program manager, of the advocates on behalf of frontline communities by CLEO Institute. Participants shared their experiences sharing the stories of environmental disparities with environmental hazards in Florida and potential experienced by those communities.
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... The main reason cited was the role of community community priorities and basic needs and concluded with and family support networks and connections. Fear of a summary by Sempier. Many participants' comments the unknown, a lack of safe and affordable alternative were associated with issues of affordability and financial housing, access to resources to afford relocation, and job instability, as Sempier noted in her summary of the opportunities in the receiving community were some of panel discussion. Specific challenges noted by the the obstacles to relocation noted by a few participants.
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... Smith Eugene Henry with ISO/Verisk, Community Hazard asked panelists to discuss challenges associated with Mitigation talked about engaging communities with relocation and resettlement as well as other challenges incremental and sudden responses to climate change. for communities.  He commented, "if we can recognize what we have -- the community values, our standard of living and Dayna Lazarus, a housing technical advisor for the interactions, the design and vitality of businesses, Florida Housing Coalition, began by explaining that the environment, and the interconnectivity," then it "managed retreat" can be thought of or experienced by is possible to know not only which communities and community members as forced relocation, displacement, structures are sustainable and which are vulnerable, gentrification, immigration, or forced migration.
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... Therefore, he Rating System credits11 were received as a result of pointed out, local knowledge about social vulnerability removing properties, reducing flood insurance costs for is essential. Murphy stressed that decision makers all residents.  should provide innovative opportunities and options for geographic migration, while recognizing that underserved She called the program a "successful failure." The populations often occupy areas at risk of flooding. program excelled in the area of outreach, Bruno Murphy concluded by noting that new policies and emphasized, because the individuals who received strategies for all infrastructure and housing -- affordable assistance through the program had good reasons for or otherwise -- are needed for high flood risk areas.  wanting to leave their homes.
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... Bruno funding, so while sea level rise may displace coastal stated that creating well-constructed, affordable housing populations in the future, migration away from the to mitigate future damages also means building more coast is typically not prioritized. Encouraging people expensive housing.
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... Holmes noted that, He stressed the "grief [that] comes from the way our "in the face of traditional economic gentrification economic system has really devastated communities pressures, climate risk -- especially sea level rise -- is across this country." Putting ethics back into the going to amplify and compound these effects and economy and using mutual solidarity systems can dynamics." Holmes asserted that research could inform facilitate the sustaining of living systems with available displacement, relocation, and community resilience resources in the face of the existential climate crisis.
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... Front 21 School proficiency is an index created by the Department of Psychiatry, 11, 74. Housing and Urban Development that uses "school-level data on the 20 In the context of the referenced study, the displacement risk index is performance of 4th grade students on state exams to describe which used to "identify communities that exhibit characteristics conducive to neighborhoods have high-performing elementary schools nearby and displacement via inland migration from coastal residents who experience which are near lower performing elementary schools." The index "is unbearable SLR [sea level rise]
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... Panel moderator Thomas Thornton, Board on Janice Barnes, committee co-chair, asked about possible Environmental Change and Society, started the ways to engage youth with these issues. Moore replied discussion by asking panelists to reflect upon innovations that integrating educational components into redeveloped in architecture that may be needed to adapt to climate communities is one way to engage youth.
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... She noted that the day started with stories contextualizing -- beyond • Holding elected officials accountable so they follow data points -- the compounding and interconnected through on their commitments; issues along the Gulf Coast and their cascading impacts. • Instituting policies and funding to provide and Two of the key points she heard had to do with, on the protect affordable housing; one hand, the lack of disseminated information about available programs and resources and, on the other hand, • Encouraging innovations that help to live with rising people's desire, given the situation, to have a voice and water in the future; and power.
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... THORNTON, Board Director; GRACE BETTS, Research Associate; and SITARA RAHIAB, Senior Program Assistant, Board on Environmental Change and Society; MALAY MAJMUNDAR, Board Director, Committee on Population. SPONSORS This workshop was supported by the Gulf Research Program.


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