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The Missing Middle of Disaster Displacement: Migration, Place attachment and Satisfaction following the 2018 Camp Fire
Abstract:
<p>The decision to return or relocate after a disaster is often conceptualized as a balance between taking rational steps to decrease risk (i.e., out-migration) and an emotional attachment to a place. This study draws on survey data from northern California households affected by the 2018 Camp Fire to better understand the factors that influenced where people settled after the fire, the satisfaction with that place, and whether they wanted to return. The Camp Fire stands apart from intervening wildfires due to its rapid destruction of nearly 14,000 residences and the ensuing displacement of over 50,000 people. My findings align with displacement and place attachment scholarship, which note higher satisfaction among both households which move out of the area and households that opt to rebuild. Interestingly, I find that households displaced to nearby communities reported relatively lower quality of life compared to households rebuilding within the fire footprint and households that had relocated further away. The satisfaction and intentions of locally displaced households represents a knowledge gap, as place attachment studies center households that rebuild while displacement studies focus on households that relocate. Survey data from these locally displaced households challenge straightforward narratives of disaster recovery by raising questions about how risk and resources shape household intentions to relocate or rebuild.</p>
Keywords: Wildfire, Displacement, Migration
Authors:
Mitchell Snyder, UC Davis; Submitting Author / Primary Presenter
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The Missing Middle of Disaster Displacement: Migration, Place attachment and Satisfaction following the 2018 Camp Fire
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