I couldn't agree more. Engineering resilience design, materials, & building codes are (successfully) operating on the margins. Land use & zoning are the real frontier for effective climate risk management, particularly in the convergent context of economic, infrastructure & public finance systems.

That comment made me laugh @kellyhereid.bsky.social ...but seriously, great paper and excellent case study in clear science writing (that even I could actually understand). Congratulations authors on publishing a compelling paper.

Point well taken. I am careful to use the language “lower” risk and not “low.” People are widely observed to make such trade-offs albeit the difference (and distinction) between actual relative risk and perceived risk can be wide, to your point.