Building Resilience Capacity
Mapping and Forecasting
It is important to understand and track potential improvements to community health that accrue as a direct result of emission reductions programs, but, at present, no systematic tracking system exists. For areas designated as pollution burdened, we are developing a way to track the health impacts of air pollution and identify policies and actions that reduce exposures in impacted communities. With the resulting tool, we will be able to assess the health benefits of selected interventions that aim to reduce air pollution in impacted communities. The final product will include a mapping tool that will display the resulting information on an easily accessible web-based public dashboard.
Increasing resilience capacity
Building communities’ adaptive capacity while improving social cohesion and equity
We developed a model framework for planning and evaluating the impacts of community resilience hubs. Such hubs are critical for climate readiness, especially in under-resourced neighborhoods with large vulnerable populations. . Research indicates that existing support systems are better utilized during disasters than temporary shelters and cooling centers. Our resilience hub evaluation metric can help strengthen existing networks for maximum response capacity
Community engagement
Community Partners:
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