managed retreat

plural managed retreats

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.

   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

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   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

   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