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Colleagues,<br><br>
I am curious if anyone has information regarding disaster preparedness in
marginalized communities? <br><br>
In the USA, these communities more often then not are minority
communities, as dramatically illustrated by Hurricane Katrina.
There is a great deal of concern here in the San Francisco (California)
Bay Area about an inevitable earthquake on the Heyward fault, which runs
directly underneath the heavily populated communities of Berkeley and
Oakland. While there is a lot of work being done to raise awareness
of this hazard, I am not aware of any efforts deliberately targeting
minority communities, and I worry that because of their marginalization,
they will be overlooked.<br><br>
Is there an academic literature out there looking into racial/ethnic
demographics and disaster preparedness? I imagine that there might
be some related to indigenous knowledge, but again I expose my ignorance
here.<br><br>
Thank you for your help.<br><br>
Brian<br>
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Brian G. McAdoo<br>
Blaustein Visiting Professor<br>
Stanford University<br>
473 Via Ortega, Rm 139<br>
Stanford, CA 94305-4215<br>
650.721.2398 (office)<br>
845.249.9561 (mobile)<br><br>
Associate Professor of Earth Science<br>
Department of Earth Science and Geography<br>
Box 735<br>
Vassar College<br>
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604<br><br>
On leave at Stanford University<br>
July 2008-July 2009<br><br>
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