What land might we retreat from?

Retreat refers to the resettlement of inhabitants from vulnerable land. The land use is then reassigned for purposes that won’t be negatively affected by flooding. Retreat can occur by controlling housing density, creating landscapes and parks, converting land for food production, and buying back properties in flood zones.

Briony Rogers et al (2020) “An interdisciplinary and catchment approach to enhancing urban flood resilience: a Melbourne case” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

Image: Foundations of houses left after the 1893 flood inundated Orleigh Estate in West End, Queensland. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.