Racial disparities in climate change-related health effects in the United States

AG Berberian, DJX Gonzalez, LJ Cushing - Current Environmental Health …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Climate change is causing warming over most parts of the USA
and more extreme weather events. The health impacts of these changes are not …

Environmental (in) justice in the Anthropocene ocean

NJ Bennett, JJ Alava, CE Ferguson, J Blythe… - Marine policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental justice refers broadly to the distribution of environmental benefits and
burdens, and the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people in environmental …

Social inequalities in climate change-attributed impacts of Hurricane Harvey

KT Smiley, I Noy, MF Wehner, D Frame… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is already increasing the severity of extreme weather events such as with
rainfall during hurricanes. But little research to date investigates if, and to what extent, there …

Equitable community resilience: the case of winter storm Uri in Texas

A Nejat, L Solitare, E Pettitt… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Community resilience in the face of natural hazards involves both a community's sensitivity
to disaster and its potential to bounce back. A failure to integrate equity into resilience …

Federally overlooked flood risk inequities in Houston, Texas: Novel insights based on dasymetric mapping and state-of-the-Art flood modeling

AB Flores, TW Collins, SE Grineski… - Annals of the …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) delineates 100-
year flood zones to define risks, regulate flood insurance premiums, and inform flood …

Emergency and disaster management, preparedness, and planning (EDMPP) and the 'social': A scoping review

B Lillywhite, G Wolbring - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The importance of emergency and disaster management, preparedness, and planning
(EDMPP) is ever increasing with COVID-19 being one recent EDMPP challenge. EDMPP is …

Public recognition of climate change inequities within the United States

JP Schuldt, AR Pearson - Climatic Change, 2023 - Springer
Climate change has unequal impacts on socially disadvantaged communities around the
globe, including within major emitting nations such as the United States. But to what extent …

Climate Justice Implications of Natech Disasters: Excess Contaminant Releases during Hurricanes on the Texas Gulf Coast

AG Berberian, R Morello-Frosch… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Extreme weather events are becoming more severe due to climate change, increasing the
risk of contaminant releases from hazardous sites disproportionately located in low-income …

Health disparities in the aftermath of flood events: a review of physical and mental health outcomes with methodological considerations in the USA

AB Flores, JA Sullivan, Y Yu, HK Friedrich - Current environmental health …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review applies an environmental justice perspective to
synthesize knowledge of flood-related health disparities across demographic groups in the …

A Systematic Literature Review of Risk Management Research on Hydrometeorological Hazards-related Natech Events

Y Mao, X Luo, D Tzioutzios, MCS Paba, H Guo… - Journal of Loss …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natech events refer to technological accidents triggered by natural hazards, potentially
leading to fires, explosions, and hazardous material (hazmat) releases. Notably …