People or Property: Legal Contradictions, Climate Resettlement, and the View from Shifting Ground

This open access book explores the intersection of property law, relocation, and resettlement processes in the United States and among communities that grapple with migration as an adaptation strategy. As communities face the prospect of relocating because of rising seas, policy makers, disaster specialists, and community leaders are scrambling to understand what adaptation pathways are legally possible. While in its ideal application, law functions blindly and without variation, the authors find that legal contradictions come to bear on resettlement processes and place certain communities further in harm's way. This book will unearth these contradictions in order to understand why successful community-based resettlement has presented such a challenge to communities that are experiencing increasing land deterioration as a result of climate change.

Author: Alessandra Jerolleman, Elizabeth Marino, Nathan Jessee
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/10/2023
Pages: 242
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.61d
ISBN13: 9783031368745
ISBN10: 3031368746
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy | Environmental Policy
- Law | Civil Law
- Political Science | Public Policy | Social Policy