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2026
Managing flood risks in Surakarta, Indonesia: historical insights, policy response, and stakeholder roles in implementing managed retreat
Qoiriyah, L.F.R., Suriadi, Dityo, G.C., Bachtiar, W., Doberstein, B., & Marfai, M.A. (2026). IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1586: 012068.
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Using managed retreat to advance the targets of SDG11: The case of post-flood property buyouts in Grand Forks, BC
Le Geyt, M., & Doberstein, B. (2026). Plan Canada.
Managed retreat in the face of sea level rise: A multi-dimensional framework for climate resilience
Rashid, M.S., & Sutley, E. (2026). International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 132, 105952.
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A study of adaptation strategies in flood-affected coastal urban areas using the protect, accommodate, retreat, and avoid (PARA)
Sidqi. B., Damayanti. M., & Marfai. M.A.(2026). IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1607, 012034.
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Climate migration and rural futures in northern New York
Coupland, K.,Samburgh, J., & Bartley, J. (2026). Colgate University.
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Coastal multi-hazard assessment and management of chronic geomorphological degradation in Pemalang, Indonesia
Mutaqin, B. W., Fawzia, A. A., Syam, P. D. R., Pamungkas, B., Mivanto, D., & Shabrina, D.A. (2026). Anthropocene Coasts, 9(24).
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2025
Improving economic assessment and decision-making for managed retreat through CBA+: A targeted literature review.
Cross, B., Doberstein, B., & Lueck, V. (2025). Frontiers in Climate 7: 1481824.
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A decision framework for equitable use of federal funds for voluntary buyout programs
Motlagh, F., & Hamideh, S. (2025). Sustainability, 17(3), 966.
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Coastal management based on multi-hazard assessment in the very small islands of Karimunjawa, Indonesia
Alwi M., Mutaqin B.W., & Marfai M.A. (2025). Anthropocene Coasts, 8(5).
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Navigating land use after managed retreat: Decisions facing local governments in the post-buyout environment
Cottar, S., Henstra, D., Thistlethwaite, J., Doberstein, B., & Wandel, J. (2025). Environmental Haqzards, 1-20.
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Spatial modeling of tidal flood hazard and mitigation efforts in the coastal area of Bandar Lampung City, Indonesia
Absi, A.M., Mardiatno, D., & Ruslanjari, D. (2025). International Journal of Geoinformatics, 21(2).
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2024
Municipal perspectives on managed retreat and flood mitigation: A case analysis of Merritt, Canada after the 2021 British Columbia flood disaster
Cottar, S., & Wandel, J. (2024). Climatic Change, 177(3).
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