1. People or Property
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Jerolleman, Alessandra, Marino, Elizabeth, Jessee, Nathan, Koslov, Liz, Comardelle, Chantel, Villarreal, Melissa, de Vries, Daniel, and Manda, Simon
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Environmental politics ,Property Law ,Migration ,United States ,Relocation ,Resettlement ,Climate Change ,Climate justice ,Adaptation ,Climate disaster ,Community-based resettlement ,Land deterioration ,Policy ,Emergency management ,Public administration ,Disaster ,Emergencies ,bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies ,bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPP Public administration ,bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues::LAF Systems of law::LAFD Civil codes / Civil law ,bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPA Political science & theory ,bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government - Abstract
This open access book explores the intersection of property law, relocation, and resettlement processes in the United States and among communities that grapple with migration as an adaptation strategy. As communities face the prospect of relocating because of rising seas, policy makers, disaster specialists, and community leaders are scrambling to understand what adaptation pathways are legally possible. While in its ideal application, law functions blindly and without variation, the authors find that legal contradictions come to bear on resettlement processes and place certain communities further in harm’s way. This book will unearth these contradictions in order to understand why successful community-based resettlement has presented such a challenge to communities that are experiencing increasing land deterioration as a result of climate change.
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- 2024
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