News
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Recent Interviews, News Coverage, and Blog Posts
At home in an avalanche path: Why Juneauites buy and keep homes in a hazard zone (Claire Stremple, KTOO, June 2021). https://www.ktoo.org/2021/06/24/at-home-in-an-avalanche-path-why-juneauites-buy-and-keep-homes-in-a-hazard-zone/
After Disaster: Why Home Buyout Programs Fizzle Out. Co-authored with Elyse Zavar and Alex Greer. (May 2019). https://efficientgov.com/blog/2019/05/28/after-disaster-why-home-buyout-programs-fizzle-out/
Flood buyout costs rise as storms intensify, seas surge (David A. Lieb, Associated Press, May2019). https://www.apnews.com/5ad750cfe8c84174934b5273c7156ff9
Tag for buying out flooded homes tops $5 billion (May 2019). https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/22/tag-for-buying-out-flooded-homes-tops-5-billion/
Weighing the costs of social retreat (December 2018). http://www.climigration.org/blog/2018/12/18/weighing-the-social-costs-of-retreat
Mind the Gap: Reconciling Mitigation and Recovery in Home Buyout Programs. Co-authored with Alex Greer. (Research Counts, September 2018). https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/mind-the-gap-reconciling-mitigation-and-recovery-in-home-buyout-programs
Surrendering to rising seas (Scientific American, August 1, 2018). https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surrendering-to-rising-seas/?print=true
After Harvey, buyouts won’t be the answer for frequent flood victims in Texas (The Texas Tribune, November 2, 2017). https://www.texastribune.org/2017/11/02/harvey-flooding-buyouts-frequent-flooding-victims-texas/
Buyouts won’t be the answer for many frequent flooding victims (ProPublica, November 1, 2017). https://features.propublica.org/houston-buyouts/hurricane-harvey-home-buyouts-harris-county/
‘Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide’: Climate Change Disasters and Immigration Go Hand-in-Hand (The Progressive, Oct. 4, 2017). http://progressive.org/dispatches/nowhere-to-run-nowhere-to-hide-climate-change-disasters-an/
To adapt to climate change, retreat is necessary (The Nation, Oct. 31, 2016). https://www.thenation.com/article/to-adapt-to-climate-change-retreat-is-necessary/
Recent Conference Presentations
June 2021
“The Consumption and (Re)Production of the Post-Buyout Landscape: An Analysis of Visual Culture.” Presented with Elyse Zavar and Alex Greer at At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience, Relocation, and Climate Justice, New York, NY.
May 2021
“From the ashes: recovery and mitigation policy after wildfire in California.” Presented with Miranda Mockrin, Ronald Schumann, and Alex Greer at the International Wildland Fire Safety Summit and Human Dimensions of
Wildland Fire Virtual Conference.
July 2020
“Out of Harm’s Way? Home Buyouts and Coastal Retreat.” Panelist at the Natural Hazards Research and Application Workshop, Broomfield, CO (virtual).
June 2019
“Making them whole? Exploring the long-term impacts of post-disaster home buyout programs.” Presented with John P. Barile and Charlene K. Baker at the Society for Community Research and Action’s Biennial Conference, Chicago, IL.