
Frontiers in Climate, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 6
Опубликована: Янв. 16, 2025
Sea level rise and increasing frequency intensity of coastal storms are driving the need for managed retreat relocation at risk populations. Managed through voluntary buyouts is typically studied either from perspective buyouts’ process or focused on those who leave, but little attention given to what left behind. How do impact staying behind, their senses justice ? We examine this question low-lying majority-minority neighborhood Edgemere, Queens in New York City where Superstorm Sandy a long history failed urban renewal have led large amounts vacant land. This study analyzes ongoing intersectional conditi ons residents’ flood vulnerability. It grounds analysis 18 in-depth interviews with local residents capturing perceptions land its reuse, needs. The complemented field observations, semi-structured city agencies involved resilience planning initiatives historical open space plans area. Findings reveal importance elevating understanding place inform possible uses after historically disinvested neighborhoods. Furthermore, they both injustices attachments living prone, disenfranchised They also show how these experiences entangle citywide housing crisis. In conclusion, if post-buyout efforts aspire be just, center past present contextual injustice shapes relationships between distributive recognitional injustice.
Язык: Английский