“Clustering” land buyouts could improve flood resiliency after Hurricane Harvey
From a study done by the Nature Conservancy: A new study analyzes flood loss claims and estimates from over 74,000 properties impacted by Hurricane Harvey in Houston’s Harris County. The study finds that a strategic land buyout approach that prioritizes the purchase of land parcels in ‘clusters,’ as well as proximity to existing open space, is just as cost-effective as the traditional, piecemeal approach but with major added ecological and social benefits.
Here is the direct link to the Nature Conservancy’s 8-page report.
See the NPR story today on FEMA $$ going to whites vs. minorities. Example is on mitigation.
I have a blog posting done on it, but not up yet.
Eric E. Holdeman
Principal
Eric Holdeman & Associates
I would imagine that this is also much more palatable to taxpayers when it is framed as the expansion of an existing green space/flood plain instead of having isolated plots of empty land.