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Managed Retreat: The coordinated process of voluntarily and equitably relocating people, structures, and infrastructure away from at-risk areas in res
locally unwanted land uses (LULUs)
Locally Unwanted Land Uses (LULUs): A LULU is a land use that creates costs--like potential health hazards, poor aesthetics, or reduction in home valu
Linguistic isolation: defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as living in a household in which all members aged 14 years and older speak a non-English lang
Just Transition: Movement to a regenerative economy that not only mitigates climate change, but provides people with good jobs, economic mobility, and
Infill Development: Development of vacant land (usually individual lots or leftover properties) within areas that are already largely developed (Green
Inclusionary Zoning: Regulatory program that requires development projects to designate and maintain a specific percentage of housing units as afforda
Horizontal Levee: This concept (also called ecotone levees or living levees) aims to integrate flood control with habitat restoration in a way that ca
Heat island: An area characterized by temperatures higher than those of the surrounding area, usually due to exposed pavement and lack of tree canopy.
Groundwater inundation: Flooding that occurs as groundwater is lifted above the ground surface due to sea level rise.
Groundwater: the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. It is stored in and moves slowly through geologic formations