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managed retreat en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The coordinated ending of coastal development; abandonment, demolition, and relocation of human-made structures; and migration of people away from a shoreline that is allowed to migrate inland.
   • Other methods under investigation, for situations where managed retreat is not an option, include building up offshore banks […] 1991 October 14, Fiona McWilliam, “Major crack-down on established defences”, in Construction Weekly, volume 4, number 38, page 15:
   • The groyne proposal was put forward by a group of residents opposed to managed retreat. 2011 October 27, Marty Sharpe, “Residents may have to quit Haumoana homes”, in Stuff, retrieved 03 Sep 2021:
   • Ewing thinks this type of managed retreat will become more common as people start to understand the onerous cost of relentless nourishment. 2017 April 18, “Sunken Pleasure”, in Scientific American:

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coastal realignment · managed realignment