A.R. Siders, assistant professor in the Disaster Research Center in the University of Delaware Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, will present “(In)Justice in Managed Retreat as Climate Adaptation” via Zoom webinar
Siders will explore recent work on managed retreat — the purposeful movement of people and infrastructure away from hazards — as a climate-adaptation strategy and the debates that have emerged about the implications of retreat for social and environmental justice, who should be protected, who should pay, and how people perceive what’s fair. Siders focuses her research on climate change adaptation decision-making and evaluation, particularly how and why communities decide when, where and how to adapt to the effects of climate change, and how these decisions and decision-making processes affect risk reduction and equity outcomes.