Abstract
Nance, Earthea, Sheri L. Smith, Jiwan Pun Thapa, and Liza T. Powers. “A Buyout Displacement Index for Uncovering the Effects of Disinvestment in Greater Houston Watersheds.” Journal of Planning Education and Research. Published ahead of print, September 7, 2022. (Original DOI: 10.1177/0739456X221116359)
JPER and the authors would like to alert readers to the following changes to the initial OnlineFirst version of the article.
• In paragraph 5 of the Discussion section, the second to fourth sentences were inserted in error. The correct paragraph appears below and in all subsequent versions.
Original text:
Table 3 estimates the amount of flood infrastructure and drainage investments per capita needed for the five negatively indexed watersheds to achieve the average index value of 1.0, compared with their existing investments per capita. Vince and San Jacinto River Watersheds are each at five cents per capita. To get to 1.0, Vince would need of $4.29 per capita, and San Jacinto River would need investments of $181.27 per capita. Greens would need the most: $397.19 per capita, followed by Cypress Creek at $318.29 per capita and Cedar at $27.12 per capita. These values in no way reflect what it would take to achieve equity or even to achieve adequate protection. If an equitable expenditure of funds goal is to be met (as proposed in the Harris County Bond Election of 2018), the watersheds in Table 3 would likely have to receive further increases in investments. Otherwise, the ongoing lack of adequate infrastructure investments combined with excess buyouts would keep these watersheds in an unfavorable position on the buyout displacement index.
Corrected text:
Table 3 estimates the amount of flood infrastructure and drainage investments per capita needed for the five negatively indexed watersheds to achieve the average index value of 1.0, compared with their existing investments per capita. These values in no way reflect what it would take to achieve equity or even to achieve adequate protection. If an equitable expenditure of funds goal is to be met (as proposed in the Harris County Bond Election of 2018), the watersheds in Table 3 would likely have to receive further increases in investments. Otherwise, the ongoing lack of adequate infrastructure investments combined with excess buyouts would keep these watersheds in an unfavorable position on the buyout displacement index.
• The note presented in the Figure 5 caption is incomplete. The correct figure and caption should appear as follows:
Buyout displacement index for watersheds in Harris County (log10 scale).
• In addition, a few minor grammatical and typographical errors have been corrected throughout the article. All changes are now reflected in the current version of the article.