'We’re Just Sitting Ducks': Recurrent Household Flooding as An Underreported Environmental Health Threat in Detroit’s Changing Climate
| العنوان: | 'We’re Just Sitting Ducks': Recurrent Household Flooding as An Underreported Environmental Health Threat in Detroit’s Changing Climate |
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| المؤلفون: | Carmel E. Price, Julia Kassem, Janine Hussein, Natalie Sampson, Jessica Doan |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 16 Issue 1 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, p 6 (2018) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Urban Population, Health Status, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, vulnerability, 0211 other engineering and technologies, Psychological intervention, lcsh:Medicine, 02 engineering and technology, infrastructure, 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, Disasters, Residence Characteristics, Disinvestment, Aged, 80 and over, Emergency management, Age Factors, Uncertainty, Middle Aged, climate change, Geography, disinvestment, Female, Public Health, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, water, Communicable Diseases, Risk Assessment, Article, Interviews as Topic, Young Adult, flooding, risk communication, Environmental health, parasitic diseases, medicine, Animals, Humans, Cities, Socioeconomic status, Aged, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, 021110 strategic, defence & security studies, Flood myth, business.industry, Public health, lcsh:R, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Floods, Snowball sampling, Socioeconomic Factors, Chronic Disease, Sustainability, business |
| الوصف: | Recurrent inland urban flooding is an understudied phenomenon that warrants greater attention, particularly in post-industrial cities where aging infrastructure, disinvestment, and climate change threaten public health. We conducted semi-structured interviews in 2017&ndash 2018 with 18 Detroit residents experiencing recurrent household flooding. We used standard qualitative coding analysis to generate 30 theoretically- and in vivo- derived themes related to flood experience, socioeconomic and health factors, and household, community, and policy interventions for reducing environmental exposures before, during, and after flood events. Snowball sampling yielded interviewees across both high- and low-risk areas for flood events, indicating vulnerability may be widespread and undocumented in formal ways. Residents described exposure to diverse risk factors for chronic and infectious diseases, particularly for seniors and young children, and emphasized stressors associated with repeated economic loss and uncertainty. Opinions varied on the adequacy, responsibility, and equity of local and federal relief funding and programs. We expand knowledge of flood-related vulnerability, offer innovative suggestions for risk communication based on residents&rsquo experiences, and recommend additional research for documenting patterns of recurrent flooding and response, even for precipitation events that are not characterized as extreme or disaster-level in the media or by agencies. These findings should guide local public health, emergency preparedness, sustainability, water and sewage, and community leaders in post-industrial cities. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| تدمد: | 1660-4601 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::13c1ab849302bfd9d480cc2bf84872f9 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010006 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....13c1ab849302bfd9d480cc2bf84872f9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 16604601 |
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