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SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies: Voluntary Flood Buyouts in Cent
 ral Appalachia
LOCATION:Eggers Hall 400A\, Eggers Hall\, Syracuse\, NY 13244
DESCRIPTION:Andrea Cass\, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Environment
 al Studies at SUNY ESF\, will give a presentation titled: “Voluntary Floo
 d Buyouts in Central Appalachia: Creek Bottoms\, Jubilee\, and Transforma
 tive Adaptation.”\n\nAs climate change increases extreme weather events\,
  displacement will become ever more pressing without managed retreat\, es
 pecially along creek bottoms in West Virginia. Voluntary floodplain buyou
 t programs are heralded as one of the best options to facilitate managed 
 retreat\, reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change.
 \n\nHowever\, this talk illustrates how historical injustices in infrastr
 ucture\, land ownership and housing in Central Appalachia reveal a classe
 d and gendered spatialization of housing across the riverine landscape to
 day\, complicating what it means to be “bought out.” In a region where ex
 tractive industries control and own most of the land\, residents struggle
  for the right to remain. Still\, many grassroots organizations and indiv
 iduals continue to inspire hope and Jubilee for a bright future\, affirmi
 ng life for those who remain.\n\nAndrea Cass is a Ph.D. candidate in the 
 Department of Environmental Studies at SUNY ESF. She is a broadly trained
  political ecologist and critical environmental studies scholar whose awa
 rd-winning dissertation research investigates power dynamics within volun
 tary flood buyouts\, managed retreat and post-disaster flood relocation i
 n Central Appalachia. Her work supports the development of more equitab\n
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