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1 Introduction and Background
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... One of the workshops' principal objectives was to elevate the voices of communities and individuals contemplating, resist 6  The GRP was established in 2013 from criminal settlement funds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and is intended to "advance and apply science, engineering, and public health knowledge to reduce risks from offshore oil spills and will enable the communities of the Gulf to better anticipate, mitigate, and recover from future disasters." For more information on the Gulf Research program see: https://www.nationalacademies.org/gulf/about 1
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... This proceedings recounts the third workshop in Thibodaux and Houma, Louisiana.7 PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP On July 26 and July 28, 2022, the study committee convened a twopart workshop in the Bayou Region of Southeastern Louisiana. The first part of the workshop, "Community Viability and Environmental Change in Coastal Louisiana," was held at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana on July 26.
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... Elevating community voices will be a centerpiece of the workshops. Topics to be addressed across the workshops may include: • Identifying considerations and best practices for engaging with com munities about managed retreat, including effective communication and engagement methods, equity, co-production of knowledge, development of strategies, and involvement in planning and decisionmaking; • Understanding managed retreat efforts taking place within the Gulf Coast region, including promising practices to preserve social cohesion and pro tect traditional and cultural practices as part of managed retreat planning, and what community stakeholders in the Gulf Coast region can learn from them; • Identifying policy and practical barriers to managed retreat, including issues relating to equity (e.g., who is able to claim access to various public benefits and services, how displaced peoples are received by and integrated into another community)
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... The first day of the workshop is summarized in Chapter 2, which contains community perspectives from coastal Louisiana, and Chapter 3, which discusses equity, community viability, and environmental change. The second day of the workshop is summarized in Chapters 4, 5, and 6, with community perspectives on displacement, assisted resettlement, and receiving communities in Chapter 4.


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