评估以公平为重点的方法,通过社区调查评估气候弹性和灾害优先事项
Samantha Lovell1, Jamie Vickery1, Paulina López2
1Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
PloS one
|June 6, 2024
概括
在杜瓦米什山谷,社区主导的调查确定了气候正义的优先事项,居民担心空气质量差和极端高温. 虽然西雅图公共卫生紧急响应评估 (SASPER) 显示出可行性,但注意到其对灾害响应和公平性的局限性.
科学领域:
- 环境正义 环境正义
- 适应气候变化 适应气候变化
- 基于社区的参与式研究
背景情况:
- 环境正义社区面临着日益增加的气候变化风险.
- 有效的弹性规划需要以社区为中心的方法.
- 西雅图的杜瓦米什谷是气候弹性研究的重点区域.
研究的目的:
- 让杜瓦米什山谷的居民参与确定气候正义和弹性优先事项.
- 评估社区主导的适应性规划调查的可行性和结果.
- 评估西雅图公共卫生紧急响应评估 (SASPER) 适用于灾害响应的适用性.
主要方法:
- 社区领袖,从业者和学者组成的合作伙伴关系共同制作了一种调查工具.
- 数据采集使用西雅图公共卫生紧急响应评估 (SASPER),改编自CDC公共卫生紧急响应社区评估 (CASPER).
- 混合方法评估包括来自志愿者的定量调查数据和对项目团队成员的定性访谈.
主要成果:
- 从杜瓦米什山谷的家庭收集了162份调查.
- 糟糕的空气质量,极端的热量和野火被确定为主要的危险.
- 大多数家庭报告说,他们有强烈的社区意识,并愿意参与弹性规划和使用弹性中心.
结论:
- 西雅图公共卫生应急响应评估 (SASPER) 证明了杜瓦米什山谷灾前弹性规划的可行性.
- 公共卫生应急响应社区评估 (CASPER) 框架可能因公平性和后勤考虑而受到灾难响应的限制.
- 未来的研究应该探索资源效率高的数据收集方法,优先考虑公平,并保持方法严格.
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