Moving away from familiar friends, neighbours, sports clubs and schools can be hard. But children can also develop positive ways to cope with change.
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Disaster recovery agencies and governments must pay more attention to survivors’ invisible losses: grief, broken communities and disrupted identities.
From Australia to Sweden to New Zealand, these towns demonstrate how managed retreat in action is a fine balancing act between history, culture and community.
Managed retreat can be traumatic and hard. But with good planning, the land left behind can serve new purposes, and make public what was once private.
Climate change is making some parts of Australia unliveable or uninsurable. We need a national conversation about the planned relocation. A proposed National Relocation Authority can lead the way.
Translocation may have been the key to survival for the eastern barred bandicoot but it might not be the golden ticket for every species.
Climate change is increasing the risks of extreme heat, floods and bushfires, meaning more people are having to consider moving home. But different people come to different decisions.
Resettled families did not receive adequate compensation for property left behind and were rarely provided with sufficient funds to build new lives.
Managed retreat is already common in flood-prone areas, but what about in neighborhoods at high risk from wildfires? Here are four ways communities can pull back for safety.
Lismore’s residents and businesses on the floodplain need to look at relocation, not rebuilding.
The rush to evacuate communities and abandon nuclear energy was understandable, but an error.
The coronavirus restricted life in the city and enabled working from home (or anywhere). People are considering moving to the countryside for cheaper cost of living and a higher quality of life.
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Professor and Department Head, Department of History, University of Regina
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Head, Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate, Deakin University
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Professor of Urban Design, Planning, and Sustainability, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Energy, The Open University
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design, University of California, Davis
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brandon University, University of Guelph
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Research Fellow in Social Psychology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design, University of California, Davis
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Lecturer in Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Risk Management, University of Bristol
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Centre for People, Place & Planet, and School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Bachelor of Design (Honours) Convenor and Lecturer, School of Art and Design, Australian National University