Pathways to positive livelihood outcomes in disaster-related planned relocations
Topics: Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
, Migration
, Qualitative Methods
Keywords: planned relocation; managed retreat; climate adaptation; disaster risk reduction; livelihoods; qualitative comparative analysis
Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract
Day: Friday
Session Start / End Time: 2/25/2022 02:00 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/25/2022 03:20 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 45
Authors:
Erica Rose Bower, Stanford University
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Abstract
Planned relocation – the permanent movement of entire communities to locations with less exposure to natural hazards – is an increasingly common climate change adaptation strategy globally. Yet the process of planning relocations is fraught with challenges, and often results in mixed livelihood outcomes for relocated persons. Policy-makers and practitioners want to better understand what decisions made in the relocation design process are associated with better outcomes. To address this, this paper examines fourteen flood-related relocations where the physical movement stage is completed, selected from a new database of over 300 planned relocation cases around the world. For each case, documents were analyzed to identify key characteristics of the relocation planning process (role of community engagement, proximity between sites, size, timeliness, and transfer dynamics) and livelihood outcomes (measured as changes in access to assets for relocated persons, encompassing physical, economic, natural, human, social, and cultural dimensions of the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework). Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) is used to assess the association between relocation design characteristics, alone and in combination, and livelihood outcomes. Initial results point to the importance of community engagement and proximity between origin and destination sites. These findings shed light on necessary conditions and pathways that policy-makers and practitioners can reference when planning relocations to reduce harm and enhance the potential for more positive livelihood outcomes. Furthermore, this research demonstrates the value of the fsQCA method, which can be a helpful analytical tool for revealing patterns in qualitative data to inform climate change adaptation decision- and policy-making.
Pathways to positive livelihood outcomes in disaster-related planned relocations
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