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Abstract
Flood-prone metropolitan relocation requires attention to the built environment, mobility equity, and housing-market accessibility. Buyout and relocation programs may reduce hazard exposure while also redistributing households across unequal urban landscapes. Built environment effects on housing prices influence whether households can move to safer and accessible neighborhoods. Urban sub-centers and polycentric development create multiple potential relocation destinations, but agglomeration economies can make these areas more expensive or socially selective. Commuting matrix estimation and counterfactual commuting analysis help assess the effect of relocation on travel patterns and employment access. Street-network structure and urban morphology add further detail to how neighborhoods differ in spatial integration. This literature cluster supports an equity-oriented framework for flood adaptation, where relocation decisions are evaluated through exposure reduction, affordability, accessibility, and metropolitan spatial opportunity.
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