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The Revolving Door of Risk: Climate Hazards, Risk Containment, and the Hidden Social Dynamics of Managed Retreat

James R. Elliott
James R. Elliott
^aDavid W. Leebron Professor of Sociology at Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States
Kevin Loughran
Kevin Loughran
^bAssociate professor of sociology at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
A. Alexander Priest
A. Alexander Priest
^cAssistant professor of resource economics and environmental sociology at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
and Phylicia Lee Brown
Phylicia Lee Brown
^dSenior research scientist at Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
July 2026,
12
(4)
34-53;
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2026.12.4.02

Figure 4.

Distance Moved from Origin to Destination Address (Driving Miles)Source: Original analyses by authors based on data described earlier.

Figure 4.

Distance Moved from Origin to Destination Address (Driving Miles)

Source: Original analyses by authors based on data described earlier.

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The Revolving Door of Risk: Climate Hazards, Risk Containment, and the Hidden Social Dynamics of Managed Retreat

James R. Elliott

James R. Elliott

Kevin Loughran

Kevin Loughran

A. Alexander Priest

A. Alexander Priest

and Phylicia Lee Brown

Phylicia Lee Brown

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

Jul 2026,

12

(4)

34-

53;

DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2026.12.4.02

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climate change, adaptation, managed retreat, residential mobility, climate policy, social inequality