Divergent Residential Pathways from Flood-Prone Areas: How Neighborhood Inequalities Are Shaping Urban Climate Adaptation

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dc.contributor.authorElliott, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.authorLoughran, Kevinen_US
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Phylicia Leeen_US
dc.contributor.orgDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T16:35:18Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-06-25T16:35:18Zen_US
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.descriptionThis paper has been accepted (4/22/2021) for forthcoming publication in the journal Social Problems: https://academic.oup.com/socpro.en_US
dc.description.abstractFlood risks are rising across the United States, putting the economic and social values of growing numbers of homes at risk. In response, the federal government is funding the purchase and demolition of housing in areas of greatest jeopardy, tacitly promoting residential resettlement as a strategy of climate adaptation, especially in cities. Despite these developments, little is known about where people move when they engage in such resettlement or how answers to that question vary by the racial and economic status of their flood-prone neighborhoods. The present study begins to fill that gap. First, we introduce a new typology for classifying environmental resettlement along two socio-spatial dimensions of community attachment: (a) distance moved from one’s flood-prone home; and (b) average distance resettled from similarly relocated neighbors. Next, we analyze data from 1,572 homeowners who accepted government-funded buyouts across 39 neighborhood areas in Harris County, Texas – Houston’s urban core. Results indicate that homeowners from more privileged neighborhoods resettle closer to both their flood-prone homes and to one another, thus helping to preserve the social as well as economic value of home; whereas, homeowners from less privileged areas end up farther away from both. Implications for understanding social inequities in government-funded urban climate adaptation are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationElliott, James, Loughran, Kevin and Brown, Phylicia Lee. "Divergent Residential Pathways from Flood-Prone Areas: How Neighborhood Inequalities Are Shaping Urban Climate Adaptation." (2021) <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/110847">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/110847</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110847en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en_US
dc.subject.keywordurbanen_US
dc.subject.keywordenvironmenten_US
dc.subject.keywordpolicyen_US
dc.subject.keywordinequalityen_US
dc.subject.keywordfloodingen_US
dc.titleDivergent Residential Pathways from Flood-Prone Areas: How Neighborhood Inequalities Are Shaping Urban Climate Adaptationen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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