ABSTRACT

With the onset of climate change resulting in more frequent hazard events and coastal inundation, communities are considering buyouts as a tool for climate adaptation. Despite a growing body of research, there has never been a systematic review of the literature on buyout programs, although our ability to implement buyouts successfully relies on a thorough understanding of buyout policy, design, implementation, and impacts. In this systematic literature review of voluntary buyouts in the United States, we distill key learnings, identify remaining gaps, present avenues for future research, and make policy recommendations. We find that the buyout literature is nascent, but coalesces around the topics of buyout experience, buyout practice and implementation, housing policy, flood reduction, and justice and equity. Recommendations for future research include an increased emphasis on theory, the contexts in which buyouts occur, longitudinal studies, and more explicit recognition of researcher and disciplinary bias.

摘要

随着气候变化的开始导致更频繁的灾害事件和沿海洪水，社区正在考虑将收购作为适应气候的工具。尽管研究越来越多，但从未对有关收购计划的文献进行系统评价，尽管我们成功实施收购的能力依赖于对收购政策、设计、实施和影响的透彻理解。在这篇关于美国自愿收购的系统文献综述中，我们提炼了关键的经验教训，确定了剩余的差距，为未来的研究提供了途径，并提出了政策建议。我们发现收购文献是新生的，但围绕收购经验、收购实践和实施、住房政策、防洪、正义和公平等主题进行了整合。