Ebook: Buy-In for Buyouts : The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones

This report offers a set of policy recommendations to increase participation in buyout programs and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastal communities. Based on an in-depth study of managed retreat in the New York metropolitan region following Hurricanes Irene and Sandy, it provides an overview of flooding risk, a detailed summation of buyout programs in and outside the region, quantitative analyses that organize the region into place types, and five case studies. The research draws from original analysis; interviews with buyout program staff, planners, conservation experts, and other stakeholders; and a workshop hosted by the Lincoln Institute and Regional Plan Association in 2014.