Planning for Disaster in Disadvantaged Communities

Saturday, 8:30-10:00 a.m., Interlocken A

Disadvantaged communities—low-income households, children, the elderly, people with disabilities, and members of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups—suffer disproportionally during major disasters. These excessive impacts are caused largely by a community’s limited resources to prepare for, survive, and recover from disasters. Local emergency management agencies are often ill-prepared to deal with these diverse populations. Effective disaster planning that accounts for the special conditions, concerns, and capacities of disadvantaged groups requires significant changes in the conventional, one-size-fits-all approach that dominates contemporary emergency management practice.

Philip Berke Philip Berke, Moderator
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Center for Sustainable Community Design

John Cooper John Cooper, Panelist
MDC, Inc.

 

John KieferJohn Kiefer, Panelist
University of New Orleans

 

Ponmile OloniluaPonmile Olonilua, Panelist
Texas Southern University

 

 

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