Growing Safely or Building Risk
Floodplain Management in North Carolina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21476830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miyuki Hino (0000-0001-9369-5769, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Todd K Bendor (0000-0003-0132-7702, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Jordan Branham (0000-0002-5793-4846, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Nikhil Kaza (0000-0002-9536-7643, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Antonia Sebastian (0000-0002-4309-2561, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Shane Sweeney (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-62 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Planning Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0194-4363 • E-ISSN: 1939-0130 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01944363.2022.2141821 |
| OpenAlex | W4319789768 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 44 |
Problem, research strategy, and findings Limiting housing and infrastructure in flood-prone places has long been recognized as critical to managing long-term risk. However, due to the difficulty of tracking development at small spatial scales, little empirical research has been conducted to explain differences between communities’ floodplain development patterns. We analyzed new construction across 5 million parcels in the state of North Carolina to develop standardized measures of floodplain development and evaluated the relationships between flood risk management effort and development outcomes. Statewide, for every property removed through buyouts from 1996 to 2017, more than 10 new residences were built in floodplains. At the community level, indicators of flood risk management effort (participation in the Community Rating System and use of buyouts) did not consistently align with floodplain development outcomes. Based on a sample of urban and suburban counties, we found more than 75,000 acres of vacant floodplain land currently zoned for development. Although we did not capture the full range of flood risk mitigation practices, results indicate that local development policies often run counter to efforts to limit long-term risk.Takeaway for practice Land use planning and floodplain management have the potential to play a larger role in flood risk mitigation. Modifying federal programs to more strongly disincentivize floodplain development could enhance local regulation and minimize future flood exposure. Given extensive undeveloped floodplain land and projected climate change, additional effort to manage development is needed to limit increases in flood risk
Business · Civil engineering · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Flood mitigation · Flood myth · Flood risk management · Floodplain · Geography · Land use · Risk management · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Environmental Science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Finance
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Urban Floodplain Development, Building Damage Exposure, and the Economic Feasibility of Flood Mitigation
What Would It Take to Close the Housing Supply Gap in the Next Five Years, While Addressing the Nation’s Affordability, Climate Sustainability, and Resiliency Goals
Flood Risk Reduction through Floodplain Zoning
Disasters across children's contexts
Managed retreat through voluntary buyouts of flood-prone properties
Explaining Progress in Climate Adaptation Planning Across 156 U.S. Municipalities
Managed retreat as a strategy for climate change adaptation in small communities
Mandated Planning for Climate Change
Creating Hazard Resilient Communities through Land-Use Planning
Managed retreat as a response to natural hazard risk
Home buyouts
A benefit–cost analysis of floodplain land acquisition for US flood damage reduction
Promoting equity in retreat through voluntary property buyout programs
Low-Regrets Incrementalism
Examining the Influence of Development Patterns on Flood Damages along the Gulf of Mexico
Impacts of Federal and State Hazard Mitigation Policies on Local Land Use Policy
Complexities and costs of floodplain buyout implementation
Open space protection and flood mitigation
Identifying the impact of the built environment on flood damage in Texas
The Case for Retreat
Racial Inequities in the Federal Buyout of Flood-Prone Homes
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |