Flood recovery and property acquisition in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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• 作者：Eric Tate ; Aaron Strong ; Travis Kraus ; Haoyi Xiong
• 关键词：Disaster recovery ; Social vulnerability ; Benefit ; cost analysis ; Buyouts
• 刊名：Natural Hazards
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：80
• 期：3
• 页码：2055-2079
• 全文大小：3,017 KB
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• 作者单位：Eric Tate (1)
  Aaron Strong (2)
  Travis Kraus (3)
  Haoyi Xiong (1)
  
  1. Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa, 316 Jessup Hall, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
  2. RAND Corporation, 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA, 22202-5050, USA
  3. Mount Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance, 124 S Main Street, Mount Pleasant, IA, 52641, USA
  
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Earth sciences
  Hydrogeology
  Geophysics and Geodesy
  Geotechnical Engineering
  Civil Engineering
  Environmental Management
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-0840

文摘

Voluntary property acquisitions are playing an increasingly prominent role in the aftermath of US flood disasters, as policy tools for community recovery and hazard mitigation. Following historic flooding in 2008, the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, instituted a federally supported program for the acquisition of over 1300 damaged properties. Using Cedar Rapids as a case study, this article investigates post-flood property acquisition from the perspectives of cost effectiveness and social equity. To assess economic viability, a benefit-cost analysis was performed at the parcel scale. Social equity was assessed using a social vulnerability index tailored to flood recovery. The results indicate that the property acquisitions are cost effective based on the avoidance of future flood losses, and prioritize socially vulnerable neighborhoods. The dual economic and social analysis sheds light on the capacity of federally supported buyouts to support holistic post-disaster planning and decision-making. Keywords Disaster recovery Social vulnerability Benefit-cost analysis Buyouts