Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Gulf Coast Timeline." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27213.
The U.S. Gulf Coast region has been a place of migration, adaptation, and displacement for hundreds of years. Figure E-1 is a visual timeline that includes some defining moments in the region’s history that are critical to understanding deeply rooted community perspectives on displacement and relocation. The timeline identifies early settlements, colonial expansion, plantation slavery, forced removal, and other landmark dates of injustice and immigration. This visual timeline is a supplement to Chapters 3 and 4 but relevant to the report as a whole.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Gulf Coast Timeline." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27213.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Gulf Coast Timeline." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27213.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Gulf Coast Timeline." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27213.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Gulf Coast Timeline." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27213.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Gulf Coast Timeline." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27213.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Gulf Coast Timeline." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27213.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Gulf Coast Timeline." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27213.
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Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond
2024
Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually since 2018. The variety and frequency of storms have exacerbated historic inequalities and led to cycles of displacement and chronic stress for communities across the region. While disaster displacement is not a new phenomenon, the rapid escalation of climate-related disasters in the Gulf increases the urgency to develop pre-disaster policies to mitigate displacement and decrease suffering. Yet, neither the region nor the nation has a consistent and inclusionary process to address risks, raise awareness, or explore options for relocating communities away from environmental risks while seeking out and honoring their values and priorities.
Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond examines how people and infrastructure relocate and why community input should drive the planning process. This report provides recommendations to guide a path for federal, state, and local policies and programs to improve on and expand existing systems to better serve those most likely to be displaced by climate change.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Community-Driven Relocation: Recommendations for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region and Beyond. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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