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Climate gentrification

From theory to empiricism in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Bibliographic Data

ID15544296
AuthorsJesse M Keenan (0000-0003-4058-1682, Harvard University, corresponding author), Thomas Hill (0000-0002-4125-7895), Thomas G Hill (0000-0002-4637-3879, Harvard University), Anurag Gumber (Harvard University)
Year2018
Volume13
Issue5
Pages054001-054001
Publication date2018-04-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Research Letters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326
PublisherIOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1088/1748-9326/aabb32
OpenAlexW2802734836
LanguageEN
Citations received124
References cited45

This article provides a conceptual model for the pathways by which climate change could operate to impact geographies and property markets whose inferior or superior qualities for supporting the built environment are subject to a descriptive theory known as ‘Climate Gentrification.’ The article utilizes Miami-Dade County, Florida (MDC) as a case study to explore the market mechanisms that speak to the operations and processes inherent in the theory. This article tests the hypothesis that the rate of price appreciation of single-family properties in MDC is positively related to and correlated with incremental measures of higher elevation (the ‘Elevation Hypothesis’). As a reflection of an increase in observed nuisance flooding and relative SLR, the second hypothesis is that the rates of price appreciation in lowest the elevation cohorts have not kept up with the rates of appreciation of higher elevation cohorts since approximately 2000 (the ‘Nuisance Hypothesis’). The findings support a validation of both hypotheses and suggest the potential existence of consumer preferences that are based, in part, on perceptions of flood risk and/or observations of flooding. These preferences and perceptions are anticipated to be amplified by climate change in a manner that reinforces the proposition that climate change impacts will affect the marketability and valuation of property with varying degrees of environmental exposure and resilience functionality. Uncovering these empirical relationships is a critical first step for understanding the occurrence and parameters of Climate Gentrification

Climate change · Economics · Flooding (psychology · Gentrification · Geography · Valuation (finance · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Housing Market and Economics · Psychology · Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

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