[HN Gopher] Adapt or Abandon? Hard Choices in the Himalayas
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       Adapt or Abandon? Hard Choices in the Himalayas
        
       Author : CapitalistCartr
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2021-10-27 11:56 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | jl6 wrote:
       | We don't think enough about decommissioning settlements. Whether
       | coastal towns threatened by rising tides, or desertifying inland
       | villages, there are many places that used to be habitable and
       | will soon not be.
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       | This is nothing new, in the long history of Homo Sapiens. We have
       | abandoned homes before, as conditions changed. See Doggerland for
       | an example of an inhabited area that is now completely
       | underwater.
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       | But we now seem to be living in an age of extreme entrenchment
       | and calcification of things like borders, citizenship, land
       | ownership, and of course the sturdy permanence of modern houses
       | (which are usually a 100+ year investment in a location, unlike
       | more primitive structures).
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       | I welcome experiments into how to unblock, destigmatize and
       | finance (a) the movement of people and, and (b) the end-of-life
       | phase of cities, towns and villages.
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       | We should of course also try to slow and reverse climate change,
       | but let's be realistic about the level of warming we are already
       | locked into, and the need for humane migration solutions.
        
         | throwaway123x2 wrote:
         | The subcontinent is one of the first places that will be hit by
         | climate change. That's 1.5-2 billion people that will need
         | relocating. Where are we going to put them? Bangladesh alone is
         | like 200 million.
        
       | 32gbsd wrote:
       | Its foolish to assume that the coast line is going to stay where
       | its most convenient for housing. Its like building a tree house
       | then complaining that the tree keeps growing despite the
       | uselessness of further growth.
        
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