Problem, research strategy, and findings Disasters displace millions of people every year.
After the disaster, they must decide whether to return to their homes or move elsewhere …

Population growth, urbanization and environmental degradation have led to the exposure of
a rising number of people to disaster risk, with statistics showing a steep rise in the number …

Permanent relocation of communities away from hazard‐prone areas is becoming an
important mitigation option for emergency management authorities throughout the world. By …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: The number of people displaced either temporarily
or permanently from natural disasters has been increasing at an unprecedented rate. As a …

To what degree are the land acquisition and buyouts proposed for the Hurricane Sandy
Disaster area effective mitigation strategies? The 3 jurisdictions considered in the paper …

Over the past decade, post-disaster recovery efforts have increasingly aimed to relocate
communities, with the idea that well-designed plans and implementation will lead to …

This dissertation explores how households decide to relocate and resettle or rebuild in situ
following a disaster. Recent disasters, catastrophes, and episodes of repeat losses have …

Problem, research strategy and findings: On January 10, 2011, the town of Grantham,
Queensland (Australia), was inundated with a flash flood in which 12 of the town's 370 …

Mass relocation—the transfer of communities to new housing developments—is often
implemented following disasters, despite criticism that past projects have not created livable …

This paper explores the long-term recovery process from planning to resettlement in the
case of community relocation in the Koizumi district, which implemented relocation …