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In episode 100 (a true milestone!) of\\xa0America Adapts, host Doug Parsons talks with Dr. AR Siders, an assistant professor at the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware. Dr. Siders defines what is \\u2018managed retreat\\u2019 and also the policy challenges of getting communities to undertake this adaptation action. Doug and Siders also discuss:\\xa0 is it happening in an equitable way; the various emerging managed retreat models; successful case studies; the need for a National Seashore; Presidential emergency declarations; communicating the issue and much more! Also, Doug talks with two of Dr. Siders students, Bridget Flynn and Jennifer Gallagher, who share some managed retreat case study work in Tulsa, OK and Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

• What is managed retreat?
• Is it happening in an socially equitable way?
• Does it increase poverty?
• No consensus yet on \\u2018right way\\u2019 for managed retreat, models emerging.
• Case study of Soldier\\u2019s Grove, Wisconsin as successful managed retreat.
• What critical infrastructure is left behind in managed retreat and who\\u2019s responsible for the pollution associated with that abandoned infrastructure?\\xa0
• People don\\u2019t truly understand risk.
• Develop a \\u201cNational Seashore\\u201d in response to managed retreat.
• Should the President of the US declare a managed retreat national emergency?
• Using climate fiction to create awareness around managed retreat.
• What are some effective ways to communicate managed retreat to the public?

Guests in the episode:

• Dr. AR Siders (Minute 2:04)
• Bridget Flynn (student) (1:02:02)
• Jennifer Gallagher (student) (1:12:16)

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Links in episode:
https://www.udel.edu/faculty-staff/experts/ar-siders/

AR Siders
https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/leaders-analysts-continue-debating-building-on-coast#.XairVyxlCEd
Managed retreat through voluntary buyouts of flood-prone properties
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/10/eaax8995
Managed Retreat in the United States
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(19)30080-6

Tulsa Related Information

NPR\\u2019s take on Tulsa\\u2019s program:\\xa0https://www.npr.org/2017/11/20/564317854/how-tulsa-became-a-model-for-preventing-floods
Flooding History in Tulsa:\\xa0https://www.cityoftulsa.org/government/departments/engineering-services/flood-control/flooding-history/
This is a really useful website for all of Tulsa\\u2019s mitigation programs:\\xa0https://www.cityoftulsa.org/government/departments/engineering-services/flood-control/

And Here is another take on all of Tulsa\\u2019s Climate Change programs (and how Tulsa being a conservative oil town affects these programs):
\\xa0https://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-tulsa-climate-change-resilience-adaptation-flooding.html\\xa0

Charlotte, North Carolina Buy out related Information
https://charlottenc.gov/StormWater/Flooding/Pages/FloodplainBuyoutProgram.aspx

The Challenge Of Mandatory Evacuation: Providing For And Deciding For in Health Affairs
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.25.4.958

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

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7 podcasts to learn more about climate change and how to fight it
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