King, David, and Gurtner, Yetta (2020) Planning for demographic change and population loss: land use planning for demographic change after disasters in New Orleans, Christchurch and Innisfail. In: Karacsonyi, David, Taylor, Andrew, and Bird, Deanne, (eds.) Demography of Disasters: impacts for population and place. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 101-123.

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Abstract

Land use planning is dominated by the growth paradigm—planning and development strategies of cities and regions to encompass increased demand for housing and infrastructure. Urban and Regional planning strategies are focused on enhancing development and growth to counter decline. In contrast, an emerging literature is concerned with planning for decline—managing population and infrastructure loss, decommissioning settlements and planning for reduced population and economy. The advent of a disaster is frequently a catalyst for local decline, but such loss is often connected to longer term issues and trends of population decline. New Orleans, Christchurch and Innisfail are examined in this chapter, to illustrate issues of population loss and demographic change against the impacts of specific disasters. The case studies exhibit multiple patterns of migration both spatially and temporally. Net migration has reflected population loss, but is not homogenous across the community. Specific demographic, cultural and socio-economic groups exhibited different patterns of migration and mobility. Reconstruction of such settlements faces changed demography with a shift in service and infrastructure needs. A reduced population requires land use rezoning, new strategic plans, land use change, removal of structures and re-siting of infrastructure while climate change related adaptation strategies identify protect, accommodate or retreat. Case studies illustrate various approaches to these issues.

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Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	978-3-030-49920-4
Keywords:	Population loss, Land use Planning, Urban planning, Regional planning, Disaster
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Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2020 01:38
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